Poverty is widespread and severe in single mother families. According to the Census Bureau data on poverty in 2010, people in single mother families had a poverty rate of 42.2% and an extreme poverty rate of 21.6%.
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Statement to the House of Representatives urging Congress and the Obama Administration to move forward with comprehensive reauthorization legislation that will increase federal funding and raise participation rates and benefit levels in TANF.
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Annual reports on poverty in the US consistently fail to highlight the persistent gender poverty gap. Our analysis of the data details the nature and extent of the gap between men and women. New 2010 Census data shows that poverty has risen and that women continue to be much more likely to be poor than men.
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A letter to the Department of Labor applauds their proposal to collect updated information about the Family and Medical Leave Act and suggests minor changes to enhance the quality and clarity of the information collected.
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In 1996, the federal government "ended welfare as we know it," replacing Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) with the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program. This report demonstrates that TANF has shredded the safety net.
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Letters to the White House and Senate, signed by Legal Momentum and allied organizations, in opposition to policy riders in the FY 2011 budget.
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As Congress prepares to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) this year, Arizona Representative Raul Grijalva invited Leslye Orloff, Senior Vice President and Director of Legal Momentum’s Immigrant Women Program, to testify at a recent hearing regarding VAWA’s immigration provisions.
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Interpersonal violence often jeopardizes a victim’s ability to keep a job. This statistical analysis shows how women who are victims are more likely than other women to be unemployed, to suffer from health problems that can affect employability and job performance, to report lower personal income, and to rely on welfare.
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This report explores the problems of single mothers in the last decade and finds that increased joblessness and decreased access to welfare benefits have significantly exacerbated poverty and hardship for this group.
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This checklist of recommended provisions offers guidance for companies developing and implementing their own domestic violence policy, which is an important means of complying with the relevant laws and keeping your workplace safe and your employees working.
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The USDA published the Obama Administration's "Stakeholder Guide" to end childhood hunger, which advocates for increasing the rate at which eligible children participate in Food Stamps and other child nutrition programs but fails to mention child poverty.
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Comments urging the Congress and the Obama Administration to move forward with comprehensive reauthorization legislation that will increase federal funding and raise participation rates and benefit levels in TANF.
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