Peyton Report: Making Ends Meet After Oil Spill

Many people have found work cleaning up oil from the Gulf but there are still hundreds of people in Bayou La Batre who are unemployed and are struggling to make ends meet.
At the Hemley Road Church of Christ, hundreds of people lined up Monday to get a hot meal and a bag of groceries.
Community leaders said since the oil spill, many have lost jobs and are having a hard time paying their bills and putting food on the table.
Several non profit agencies set up shop in the Bayou to help oil spill victims file claims, apply for food stamps, and other types of assistance.
"So now you've got the husband out of work. You've got the wife out of work so there's no income coming in and then the whole dynamics of the family has changed. 'Cause the husband is usually out. The wife was at the oyster place shucking and the children were at school. Now everyone's home. And everyone's home and stressed. Because it's not just work, it's their entire way of life," said Boat People S.O.S. Director Grace Scire.
Bayou La Batre Mayor Stan Wright has asked congress for financial assistance for the non-profit organizations that are helping in the Bayou.
He still has not heard back from Washington, D.C.