5 million US children being raised without a mother in the household. 15 million US children being raised with a father in the household.
11% of two parent families live in poverty.
60% of US children with a single parent in the household live in poverty.
Are our educational institutions working with the new household demographic? Are our social service providers working with this new demographic?
We need better public strategies to work with children living in poverty and living in different types of households. We should not be using policies and programs that assume that everyone lives in a two parent household.