Many women who are the breadwinners in their families face a choice: skip work, or face jail if anything happens to your child in someone else’s care
A few days after Christmas in 2016, Tressie Shaffer got up early and fed her then-six-month-old daughter a bottle. She burped and changed the baby, then quickly dressed for her shift at Wendy’s.
Just before leaving, Shaffer nudged her boyfriend, Jason Scott, awake. They had just celebrated the holiday together in a rent-subsidized three-bedroom apartment in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that Shaffer qualified for on minimum wage. Her Snap benefits kept just enough food in the house, but she could barely cover rent and utilities. Scott, who wasn’t working that day, would assume care of six children.
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