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W elcome to Family Relationships-- Session 14! W e a re m eetin g A SYN CHRO NO USLY to day. T hat m eans th at y o u c a n c o m ple te t o day’s c la ss m ate ria ls a t a ny p oin t u ntil M arc h 2 6th a t m id nig ht. A fte r c o m ple tin g t h e m ate ria ls in th is g oogle d oc y o u a re e xp ecte d to c o m ple te a d is cu ssio n b oard p ostin g o f a bout 5 00-1 000 w ord s. I f y o u h ave a ny q uestio ns w hile w ork in g o n th e m ate ria l d o n ot h esit a te to e m ail m e, I w ill tr y to b e a va ila ble v ia e m ail a t s p oko rn ey@ gra dce nte r. c u ny.e du . T his a ssig nm ent c o unts a s a tte nda nce /s h ow in g u p to c la ss f o r M arc h 1 6th . If y o u c o m ment o n p eer p osts th at c o unts to w ard y o ur p artic ip atio n c re dit .T o day w e a re fo cu sin g o n l o w -in co m e p are n th ood. S te p 1 : S ta rt o ff b y r e adin g a c h apte r fr o m M akin g E nds M eet: H ow S in gle M oth ers S urv iv e W elf a re a nd L ow W age W ork b y K ath ry n E din , L aura L ein , a nd C hris to pher J e ncks ( B la ckb oard ).
Step 2: Here are some additional statistics about single-parents from 2021 to review: T here w ere 1 1 ,0 16,0 00 s in gle p are nt fa m ilie s in 2 021.
7 9.5 % o f th em w ere h eaded b y s in gle m oth ers .
2 3.4 % w ere p oor.
2 9% w ere jo ble ss th e e ntir e y e ar.
2 7.7 % w ere fo od in se cu re .
3 5% o f B la ck fe m ale h eaded h ouse hold s w ere p oor, 4 3% o f N ativ e fe m ale h eaded h ouse hold s w ere p oor, 3 4% o f H is p anic fe m ale h eaded h ouse hold s w ere p oor, 2 2% o f A sia n fe m ale h eaded h ouse hold s w ere p oor, a nd 2 6% o f w hit e fe m ale h eaded h ouse hold s w ere p oor.
T he m edia n in co m e fo r m arrie d c o uple s is $ 101,5 17 it is ju st $ 49,2 14 fo r s in gle m oth ers .
2 9% o f s in gle m oth ers , h ow eve r, a re jo b le ss fo r th e e ntir e y e ar w it h ju st 2 2.4 % o f th ose r e ce iv in g u nem plo ym ent b enefit s .
5 2.3 % o f th e w om en h ave n eve r b een m arrie d, 2 9.3 % o f th em a re d iv o rc e d , a nd 1 8.4 % a re s e para te d o r w id ow ed.
2 7.7 % w ere fo od in se cu re , 1 1 .7 % v is it e d fo od p antr ie s, a nd 3 3% s p ent m ore th an h alf th eir i n co m e o n h ousin g w hic h is g enera lly c o n sid ere d to b e th e th re sh old fo r “ s e ve re h ousin g c o st b urd en.” T his le ave s fe m ale h eaded h ouse hold s a t e xtr e m e r is k o f b eco m in g u nhouse d, o f th e t o ta l u nhouse d p opula tio n, s in gle -w om en w it h c h ild re n r e p re se nt 2 1% , n early h alf ( 4 9% ) a re A fr ic a n-A m eric a n 6 2% r e ce iv e d fo od s ta m ps b ut ju st 1 1 % r e ce iv e d T A N F c a sh b enefit s T his s till m ake s u p 9 0% o f th e fa m ilie s th a t r e ce iv e T A N F b enefit s T A N F b enefit le ve ls fo r a fa m ily o f 3 , a s o f 2 020, w ere le ss th an 3 0% o f th e p ove rty lin e i n 3 3 s ta te s a nd th e D is tr ic t o f C olu m bia , a nd a bove 5 0% in n one… 1 3.4 % h ad n o h ealt h in su ra nce c o ve ra ge ( c o m pa re d to 6 .7 % in th e g enera l p opula tio n) a nd 3 1.2 % w ere c o ve re d b y M edic a id C hild c a re c o sts fo r a n in fa nt, n atio nally , c a n a ve ra g e o ve r 4 0% o f th e s ta te m ed ia n in co m e fo r a s in gle m oth er a nd b e a bout 3 2% o f th e m edia n in co m e fo r a s ch ool- a g e c h ild I n s o m e s ta te s, lik e M assa ch use tts , C ali f o rn ia , a nd M ain e s in gle m oth er c a n e xp ect to p ay m ore t h an h alf o f h er in co m e to c h ild c a re c o sts C hild c a re s u bsid ie s a re h ard to c o m e b y, th ere a re o fte n e lig ib ilit y n eeds a nd th en w ait lis ts r a ngin g fr o m 9 0 d ays to 2 y e ars … S in gle m oth ers a ls o r a nge in th eir e duca tio n w it h ju st 3 4.3 % h avin g g ra d uate d w it h a c o lle ge d egre e a nd 1 3.9 % n ot h avin g c o m ple te d h ig h s ch ool S te p 3 : C hoose o ne o f th e s ix m ajo r w elf a re p ro g ra m s a nd d o a lit tle b it o f r e se arc h o n th e p ro gra m o n y o ur o w n! W hat a re th e m ajo r fe atu re s o f th e p ro g ra m ? W ho is e lig ib le fo r s e rv ic e s?
H ow m uch m oney o r s e rv ic e s d oes th e ty p ic a l p ers o n r e ce iv e ? Is it a n e ff e ctiv e p ro gra m ? W hat e ls e is im porta nt fo r s o m eone w ho m ig ht n eed to u tiliz e th is w elf a re b enefit to k n ow ?
S te p 4 : R ead th is c h apte r a bout p re se nt lo w -in co m e f a th ers : “ N ot J u st P ro vid e a nd R esid e: E ngaged F ath ers in L ow -In co m e F am ilie s” fo und o n B la ckb oard .
S te p 5 : N ow fin is h b y w atc h in g th is s h ort v id eo o f K ath ry n E din ta lk in g a bout h er r e se arc h w it h l o w -in co m e fa th ers a nd h avin g c h ild re n in p ove rty .
H avin g C hild re n in P ove rty : K ath ry n E din T hin k a bout a ll o f th ese r e adin gs, s ta tis tic s, r e se arc h , a nd v id eos to geth er.
W hat d o th ey te ll y o u a bout th e e xp erie nce o f p are n tin g in p ove rty ? W hat a re s o m e o f th e c h alle nges? W hat m ig ht b e s o m e o f th e r e w ard s? W hat a re th e s u rv iv a l s tr a te gie s u se d b y p are n ts to s u rv iv e th e d if fic u lt ie s th ey e xp erie nce ?
