My question involves criminal law for the state of: Colorado. When I was 16 I was charged with a felony for allegedly assaulting someone who actually assaulted me. Problem is I went home and he went to the police. My probation officer just kept at me and when I was 18 I was starving and homeless. I called and told her I had to move back home to another state where my mom could help. I gave her all the contact information and told her I needed help. She never called my mom's house. I called several times with no response. Here I am 14 years later, married and 4 kids and a friend I told about my life in Colorado had a fight with me and turned me in to authorities here. Problem is, my family is REALLY struggling. I wasn't married to my wife at the time and I had qualified for food stamps to help my children because I wasn't making enough to feed them. Suddenly I was told I couldn't continue to get help for my children because of what happened years ago in Colorado. I have a mess that I don't know where to begin to clean up. I was all alone when I got the charges and didn't know how to fight things. I really didn't do it and now my children are suffering because I didn't know any better. I was told to pay $5,000. restitution (even though nobody paid my medical bills for his beating the daylights out of me). I've been told that I am considered an escaped felon and that's why my children can't get food stamps. I am so frustrated and don't know what to do to help my family. I recently married their mom but I feel so worthless because I can't get a job here now because it's showing up on background checks and I can't get help from the government to feed my family. Where do I begin to clean up this mess? I don't have any money for an attorney and my mom isn't financially equipped to hire one for me either. Is there a way to contact the court and get going the right way? What do I do to resolve the warrant situation? The state I am in said I can't qualify for food stamps as long as there is a warrant for me. Where do I begin? I'm broke, get children who are starving and I can't get a job because of this mess either. I need help.

