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New Survey: 91% of Parents Support Expansion of the Child Tax Credit Included in Congress’ Bipartisan Tax Deal 

More Than Half of Respondents Say 2021 CTC Made a Huge Difference in Their Family’s Finances Two-Thirds of Parents Report They Are Already Struggling Financially in 2024, Families Report Affording Food (67%), Affording Utilities (56%), and Paying for Essentials (56%) as Top Concerns January 31, 2024 — Today, as the U.S. House of Representative votes on a bipartisan tax deal …

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New Poll Finds Biden Underwater with Parents Compared to 2020

Parents see Republicans as more aligned with families and parents’ rights relative to Democrats. January 11, 2024 – A new poll, conducted on behalf of ParentsTogether Action, a national parent and family advocacy organization, found that President Joe Biden and the Democrats across the country are in trouble with parent voters – a large and consequential constituency who may make …

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New Survey From Parents Group Shows Domino Effect of  Student Debt as Parents Struggle to Make Ends Meet and Save For Their Children’s Future

Survey Reveals Return of Student Loan Payments Has Led to Strapped Budgets and Financial Anxiety December 4, 2023 – According to a November survey focused on how parents across the country are faring economically from ParentsTogether Action, a national family advocacy group with more than 3 million members nationwide, the resumption of student loan payments is pushing countless families to …

Parents Group: Two-Thirds of Parents Report They Are Struggling Financially Ahead of Thanksgiving; 70% of Families Struggling Say Their Biggest Challenge is Affording Food

Families Are Facing Widespread Economic Instability as Congress Heads Home Without Addressing Urgent WIC Funding Needs or the Child Care Crisis November 17, 2023– According to a new survey from ParentsTogether Action, a nonprofit family advocacy organization with more than 3 million members, over two-thirds of mostly lower and middle income parents surveyed said that they are struggling to make …

New Survey from National Parents Group Reveals Deepening Child Care Crisis As Costs Climb and Centers Face Closure

Data Reveals Extent of Crisis as President Biden Makes Emergency  Funding Request to Congress November 7, 2023 – According to a new ParentsTogether Action survey, the lack of access to quality, affordable child care is an issue for parents all over the country, and it continues to deepen following the September 30 expiration of federal stabilization funds that helped child care …

With Child Care Cliff Looming, New Survey Reveals Child Care Crisis as Parents are Forced to Cut Back on Hours or Resign

August 16, 2023 – According to a new survey from ParentsTogether Action, a nonprofit parent and family advocacy group that represents more than 3 million families, the lack of access to quality child care is reaching a breaking point.  Families already face vast challenges in accessing child care, and the crisis will soon get even worse: a “child care cliff” …

New Survey Finds Parents in the US Are Struggling to Feed Their Kids Amidst Rising Food Prices as Republicans in Congress Demand Major Cuts to Nutrition Assistance Programs in Debt Ceiling Fight

ParentsTogether Action Finds 64% of WIC Receipts Would Have Been Unable to Afford Infant Formula Without the Program; 52% Could Not Afford Enough Food to Feed Themselves  May 19, 2023– According to a new report from ParentsTogether Action, a nonprofit 3 million member strong parent and family advocacy group, found that parents and families across the US are struggling to …

Survey Shows Parents Struggling to Feed Kids a Month After End of SNAP Benefits Boost

Widespread Difficulty Getting Food on the Table Comes as Republicans in Congress Call for Further Cuts to SNAP  April 19, 2023 – According to a new report from ParentsTogether Action Action, a nonprofit parent and family advocacy organization representing more than 3 million families, parents across the US are already struggling to feed their kids the first month after additional …

Parents Group Issues Statement on Formula Recall Update, Says Politicians Playing the Blame Game Doesn’t Make Our Children Safer

Friday, April 7, 2023 — Last week, the US House began a series of hearings on the issue of formula contamination and resulting shortages. There have been four formula recalls over Cronobacter contamination in the past year — more formula recalls than there have been in the last decade combined. In response, Ailen Arreaza, Executive Director of ParentsTogether, a parent …

New Survey Shows Urgent Need for Paid Leave as “Tripledemic” Tore Through Families This Winter, Leaving Them in Financial Crisis

March 28, 2023 — ParentsTogether Action, a nonprofit family advocacy group with more than 3 million parent members, released a member survey of more than 500 parents about the “tripledemic” of Covid, flu, and RSV, and how illness in their families has had outsized negative effects on their income this year. The survey found that 61% of respondents said they …

Parent Advisory: If Impending Kroger-Albertson Merger is Permitted by the FTC, Grocery Prices Could Soar

The proposed grocery merger will be the largest of all time. It will likely raise grocery prices, undermine competition, and lower worker wages. March 14, 2023 — The two largest grocery chains in the United States, Kroger and Albertsons, announced their plans to merge in October 2022. This mega-deal would be the largest grocery merger in history and immediately raises …

Parent Advisory: SNAP Benefits Will Decrease in March for Millions 

SNAP Emergency Allotments – which provided households with at least $95 extra a month – will end  For nearly three years since the start of the pandemic, households that participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) have received  ‘emergency allotments’ that have provided at least $95 extra per month per household to spend on food. Following a government spending …

Newest Survey on Expanded Child Tax Credit Reveals Financial Insecurity and Child Hunger as One Full Year without Monthly CTC Payments Approaches

As Some Democrats Push to Restart the Program, ParentsTogether Action Finds That 82% of Parents Support This Policy 61% Say Since Checks Stopped, It Has Been More Difficult to Meet Their Family’s Basic Needs; 22% Say They Are No Longer Able to Meet Their Family’s Basic Needs November 29, 2022 — According to a new survey from ParentsTogether Action, a …

Parent Warning: 2 Million Parents and Young Children Could Be Turned Away From WIC this Year 

If Congress Does Not Act Immediately, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children Will Face A Funding Emergency  January 17, 2024 – The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), which provides critically needed nutrition assistance for low-income families, faces a funding crisis that could soon impact parents, babies, and young children across the …