Ms. Foundation Releases New Report on Forging a More Robust and Equitable Childcare System in America
The Ms. Foundation for Women’s latest report, Raising Our Nation, highlights the true cost of the impact that a lack of access child care has on working mothers, especially low-income women of color.
With child care costs in our country outpacing the costs of college, it forces women who barely earn enough to pay rent and keep the lights on to make desperate choices that negatively impact their children, their own safety, and their communities.
Raising Our Nation looks at how barriers to child care affect women’s economic security and contribute to gender inequities in the workplace; and looks at what we can do to break through those barriers so every woman has the chance to improve her financial status...