Single-parent families — and especially mother-only households — are far more likely to live in poverty compared to married-parent households.
Children in poverty are more likely to have physical, mental and behavioral health problems, disrupted brain development, shorter educational trajectories, contact with the child welfare and justice systems, employment challenges in adulthood and more. Donate today and make a difference in the lives of families in need.
14.84 million families
There are about 15.3 million children in the United States who lived with a single mother (U.S. Census Bureau, 2020) There are 14.84 million families with a single mother in the US.
Single mothers and single family homes has become a modern day epidemic. A number of factors have fueled the rise in single-parent families. For instance: More people are opting to marry later in life, skip marriage altogether and have kids outside of marriage.
At the same time, marriages have grown more likely to end in divorce.
More than 20% of children born to married couples will experience a divorce by age 9 and more than 50% of kids born to cohabiting couples will experience a parental breakup, according to some estimates. Donate today and make a difference in the lives of families in need. For a list of additional resources to help single mother families with food clothing and shelter, go to our faq page:Faq – The Richard Evans Foundation
HOW WE HELP FAMILIES:
THE RICHARD EVANS FOUNDATION continuously helps families with food, clothing and housing on a daily basis.
Along with utilizing our resources to assist families in need, our partners assist families with additional assistance we may need.
Donate today and make a difference in the lives of families in need