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 …

Coalition of Parent and Community Organizations Accuse Procter & Gamble of Price Gouging in Letter to CEO Jon Moeller About Skyrocketing Diaper Costs

Cost of Diapers Has Risen Unprecedented 22% Since 2018, Rising at Nearly Twice the Rate of Inflation  ParentsTogether, MomsRising, Community Change, People’s Action, A Better Balance, Income Movement, Groundwork Collaborative, & United for Respect Say P&G Should Put Babies Over Profits and Reduce Diaper Costs for Consumers September 19, 2022 In a new open letter to Procter & Gamble CEO Jon …

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NEW SURVEY: 50% of Parents with Student Loan Debt Say if Payment Pause Ended, They Would Be Unable to Meet Basic Financial Needs

Parents With Student Debt Say If President Biden Forgave $50k in Student Loans it Would Make ‘Huge Difference’ To Their Families; Say Debt Cancellation Would Encourage Them to Support Democrats in the 2022 Midterm Elections August 9, 2022 — According to a new survey from ParentsTogether Action, a nonprofit organization representing more than 3m parents and families across the United …