Poverty Rates Rise For Single-Mother Families, While Cuts Loom
“A broad measure of poverty for families headed by single mothers rose last year and is now back to 2018 levels, per a new analysis of Census Bureau data from the National Women’s Law Center.
Why it matters: Cuts to safety net programs for the poor are on the table next year as the GOP looks to pay for an extension of the 2017 Trump tax law.
- That move is more likely to benefit higher earners and corporations — and hurt lower-income people.
How they did it: The center looked at both the government’s official poverty measure and the supplemental one, a more detailed way of figuring out how people get by.
- It takes into account the cost of housing, as well as both cash income and benefits like tax credits and SNAP (federal food assistance).”
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