The Mississippi Women's Economic Security Initiative has organized to promote policies to improve the economic wellbeing of women in Mississippi and their families.
The Mississippi Women's Economic Security Initiative has organized to promote policies to improve the economic wellbeing of women in Mississippi and their families.
Working moms – especially single moms - need affordable child care so they can go to work and remain employed. But child care is more expensive than Community College tuition and women in Mississippi earn low wages leaving them unable to afford the high cost of child care. Mississippi has a program to help working moms pay for child care, but it only serves about 14% of those who qualify.
Expand Mississippi’s child care program so more eligible moms can get help paying the high cost of the child care they need in order to work.