Joe Biden’s $1.9tn plan contains a feature that will transform the way welfare is addressed in the US – and could cut child poverty in half
A few months into the pandemic the tooth fairy didn’t show up. Mary Beth Cochran was caring for her six-year-old grandson, Howie, in the small town of Canton, North Carolina, and having lost her Kmart job and with it more than half her income, she couldn’t afford food let alone a dollar under the pillow.
Howie woke that morning and shouted out to his grandmother: “Memaw, my tooth’s still here, what happened?” He frantically scoured the bedding for a note or coins, then slumped to the floor and cried.
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It no longer segregates poor children but tells them they are important and allows them to live as part of society
It’s going to mean food on the table in July when they are out of school and there is no summer feeding programs