Saturday, September 12, 2026

Money Matters - Welfare and Childcare

Nearly 60% of US states and Washington, D.C. would take more than two years of welfare checks to cover just one year of childcare.

This is a finding from the original analysis of government childcare-cost and welfare-benefit data, published as The Single Mother Squeeze Index.

https://singlemothersgrants.org/squeezeindex/ 


Diane Miller, researcher at SingleMothersGrants.org, said:

"We didn't expect the gap to be this wide. Only one state's welfare check actually keeps pace with what childcare really costs families."


Check out the report to learn more.

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