“Sometimes my son will ask me why I didn’t go to college, and I’ll tell him I did go, I just didn’t finish. So I’m showing him that it’s never too late, no matter how old you are you can still go back and do what you were meant to do.”
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Returning to Schools Without Mask and Vaccine Mandates, Moms Must Choose: Their Jobs, or Their Kids’ Health
As schools reopen in-person, parents in states and localities without mask and vaccine mandates—particularly Black and low-income moms—bear the brunt.
Front and Center: This Mom Is “Saving and Paying My Bills on Time” to Buy a Home—With Help from a Guaranteed Income and the Child Tax Credit
“Being part of the Magnolia Mother’s Trust program, we are all in touch and support each other, even if we live in different areas or weren’t in the same year.”
How The Child Tax Credit Is Helping Families In Mississippi
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Aisha Nyandoro, CEO of Springboard to Opportunities, which works with Mississippians receiving public assistance, on the impact of the extended child tax credit.
Front and Center: Guaranteed Income Helps Roneisha Know Her Worth—and Afford “a Treat Here and There”
“The child tax credit and guaranteed income from Magnolia Mother’s Trust have helped make it possible to have that little extra for a treat here and there.”
Stimulus Payments and the Child Tax Credit Are Transforming U.S. Families—What Happens When They End?
While policymakers negotiate what the Build Back Better plan will look like, poverty rates have already started increasing—signaling the urgent need for more permanent stimulus policies.