Single mothers hold it all together while enduring dehumanizing policies and an exploitive labor market, Matt Williams writes.
Matt Williams
Matt Williams is research director for the Mississippi Low-Income Child Care Initiative. MLICCI is a statewide policy advocacy organization working since 1998 to make child care affordable for moms, to make the safety net work for women and to promote gender equity in the state’s labor market. MLICCI works directly with single moms and with a wide range of partners through its Employment Equity for Single Moms (EESM) program and works directly with child-care centers throughout MS through its Child Care Leadership Team (CCLT). Visit MLICCI at www.mschildcare.org.