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 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 …

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 …

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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 …

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Survey Reveals Families in Serious Financial Crisis With Rising Prices and No Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments in Sight

9 out of 10 Parents are Finding it Harder to Make Ends Meet  45% of Respondents Struggling to Feed Families Said They’ve Skipped Meals so Their Kids Can Eat May 10, 2022 – According to a new survey of 500 parents from ParentsTogether Action, a nonprofit parent advocacy group, the combination of rising prices due to inflation and the end …

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New Survey Shows Middle and Low Income Parents Struggling To Find Child Care They Can Afford: As a Result, 62% of Respondents Had to Cut Back on Work Hours

New Data Shows Dire Need for Affordable Child Care and Universal Preschool, 2 Years into Pandemic According to a new survey of parents of kids under 5 from ParentsTogether Action, a family advocacy nonprofit with more than 3 million members nationwide, families are struggling to find reliable child care, often having to either make tradeoffs on other expenses or sacrifice …

New Survey Reveals Rising Family Poverty and Child Hunger As Second Month without the Expanded Child Tax Credit Approaches

According to ParentsTogether Action, 1 in 5 Parents Say Since Checks Stopped, They Haven’t Been Able to Afford Enough Food; 22% of Respondents Say They Can No Longer Meet Their Family’s Basic Needs 89% of Parents Responded It Was Important For Monthly Child Check Payments to Start Up Again February 10, 2022 — According to a new survey from ParentsTogether …

Days Before Final Child Tax Credit Payment, Results of New Survey From Parents Group Prompt Dire Warning of Family Poverty and Child Hunger if Payments Don’t Continue

81% of Respondents Say it is “Extremely Important” for Their Families that Child Checks Continue Past This Year, Up from 73% in September 1 in 3 Say If Checks Stop, They Won’t be Able to Afford Enough Food December 13, 2021 — ParentsTogether Action, a family advocacy nonprofit with more than 2.5 million members nationwide, released the results of a …

New National Survey of Parents Reveals Overwhelming Support for Extension of the New Child Tax Credit, 64% Say They are Less Anxious About Finances Thanks to CTC

73% of Respondents Said it was “Extremely Important” for Their Families for Child Checks to Continue Past This Year Politically Popular: 61% More likely to Vote for Politicians who Support the Extension of Monthly Payments October 5, 2021 — According to a new survey of American parents released by ParentsTogether Action, a family advocacy organization representing 2.5 million parents from …