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You didn't pick the name Tammy or Katrina, or Norma Jean, to represent the Appalachian poor white people that collect welfare, and teach their kids to NOT read so they get child disability as well.

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Poverty: Two fifths of single mother families are poor, triple the poverty rate for the rest of the population. Single-mother families are nearly five times as likely to be poor than married-couple families. The poverty rate for single-mother families is 40.7% compared to 8.8% for married-couple families.4 The majority of poor children are in single mother families with 24% of children now living in such households.5 Hardship: Two fifths of single mother families are “food insecure,” one seventh use food pantries, one fifth have no health insurance, one third spend more than half their income on housing. Three quarters of homeless families are single mother families. Welfare & Food Stamp Receipt: Two thirds of all single mothers receive Food Stamps6. Among children with single mothers, 41% get food stamps and 59% don’t. Although two fifths of all single mothers are poor, only one tenth of all single mothers receive TANF. Though a small percentage, they represent more than 90% of all TANF families. For those who do receive assistance, the amount was far less than the minimum they’d need to to stave off hardship. In 2010, TANF benefit levels for a family of three were less than half of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) in all states.

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