Center for an Urban Future (@nycfuture.bsky.social)

Parents are quitting jobs, passing on raises — to qualify for child care NEW YORK — To keep working, Amy Lee Funes desperately needed help paying for child care. Funes loved her job at a New York City-based child and family nonprofit, but she earned only $35,000 a year. In a city where child care can easily consume more than half of that, Funes was optimistic that she would qualify for a government-funded subsidy to help her afford the cost. She had no other real options: After moving into a Harlem homeless shelter to escape an abusive relationship, Funes was too far from her mother to rely on regular help with her baby boy. https://hechingerreport.org/parents-are-quitting-jobs-passing-on-raises-to-qualify-for-child-care/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social