heavy sigh she turned off the car her son had fallen asleep and as she gently roused him from his slumber she noticed that he had an accident in his car seat jane johnson prepares dinner for her son karter at their apartment oct 27 2021 in birmingham ala a written note on johnsons wall reminds her not to spend money julia rendleman family history upward mobility in adulthood is linked to the time people spend in poverty as children in other words the american dream is harder to achieve for children growing up in poverty the american rescue plan and specifically the child tax credit was seen as a way to alleviate the staggering statistic that nearly 1 in 6 american children are growing up in poverty according to the latest us census bureau data more child tax credit what parents need to know to get the rest of the payment in 2022 this has the potential to reduce child poverty in the same way that the social security reduced poverty for the elderly president joe biden said on the day the program was rolled out tykirel jordan stands outside of her apartment where she lives with her daughter in late october in birmingham ala jordan has experienced homelessness as a child show more julia rendleman when tykirel jordan 24 of birmingham alabama became homeless with her 3yearold daughter she said that she wasnt scared growing up the second oldest of eight children she had been there before she and her siblings had experienced homelessness as children when their mother couldnt make ends meet it causes stress anxiety and depression but in august 2019 she faced eviction all the dominoes began to fall when her daughter alaysia who was born with respiratory problems and severe asthma was hospitalized for seven days in the spring of that year jordan couldnt work like most mothers she wanted to be by her daughters side as she battled for breath at home her lights had already been turned off by the electric company for nonpayment she said after the hospital stay she lost her job and the eviction notice followed shortly after tykirel jordan holds her daughter alaysia 3 at their apartment in birmingham ala with the help of local nonprofits jordan was able to secure an apartment after an aug show more julia rendleman jordan worked temp jobs as often as she could those days she would splurge for a hotel room for her and her daughter for the night on days she couldnt get work they slept in her car tykirel jordan walks to her car after holding a dance practice at youth towers oct 28 2021 in birmingham ala youth towers helped jordan secure her apartment throu show more julia rendleman alaysias social security check and temp work is how we survived she said after four months of bouncing between her car and the occasional hotel room jordan discovered youth towers a program helping young people between the ages of