Apr 30, 2014 ... One in five kids in the United States is experiencing food scarcity due to ...  employers—and having a baby is a leading cause of “poverty spells,” ...
Paid family and medical leave combats poverty, gives children a healthy start, ...  A quarter of all poverty spells in the United States are because of having a baby.  ... [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Cardboard box with the top open and a MomsRising  .... I cannot drive, and I have had to cancel critical appointments for this reason.
Poverty has shown great if unfortunate staying power, but we have learned useful  lessons about how to fight it. ... A review of the leading causes of poverty shows  why ... In the United States, with the important exception of those .... Without a  college degree, 45 percent of the children from ...
Apr 2, 2009 ... That means that the birth of a baby or a family crisis too often puts people on the  fast track to poverty (In fact, having a baby is indeed a leading ...
Aug 5, 2014 ... ... Together, a 501(c)(4) social welfare org, unless otherwise stated. .... When  having a baby is a leading cause of poverty spells in the U.S., ...
Having a baby is a leading cause of poverty spells in the United States.