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5/ Kelly Secovnie was able to stay home to take care of her children this year via a program available under the emergency federal aid that Congress approved early during the pandemic. She still needs to figure out what child care will look like in the new year.pic.twitter.com/cRXS6qkrre
6/ These mothers are some of the roughly 13.6 million single parents in the country. During the pandemic, these parents have even fewer options in a fractured child care system, and it has complicated their ability to work.https://bit.ly/3o6Bldb
7/ It remains unclear what the federal government will do to improve the lives of these parents — and by extension, their children. This month’s pandemic relief bill tackles paid leave, child care and food insecurity — but experts say it’s not enough.https://bit.ly/38Ic2aL
8/ And once a new administration is in office, a popular $775 billion caregiving plan proposed by President-elect Joe Biden may be contingent on whether Democrats can win a pair of U.S. Senate runoffs in early January.https://bit.ly/34voF7P
9/ Any relief coming for parents will carry additional significance for single parents, who already face higher rates of poverty than two-parent households.
Single mothers are almost twice as likely as single fathers to be living below the poverty line. https://bit.ly/34voF7P pic.twitter.com/U8tl7RIvpw
10/ This hardship is worse for women of color, who took some of the biggest hits in pandemic-induced job losses.
The unemployment rate for Latinas was 15.3% in June. For Black women, it was 14%.
All the while, women continue to earn less than men.https://bit.ly/3l1GIIi
11/11 For now, single mothers are managing the best they can — as are their kids. Recently, Tsou has noticed her son is trying to become more self-sufficient. “My son is trying to take care of himself, which should not be an expectation for a 3-year-old.”https://bit.ly/3o6Bldb
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Many schools are closed. Child care options are limited. Parents, particularly single mothers, are struggling to navigate it all.
