水下：正在沉没的家庭

Children First’s report series: “Underwater: What’s Sinking Families” looks at how The American Dream is eroding where incomes that use to provide a comfortable middle class life are no longer enough to even cover the basics.  The bleak situation facing families will only change with large-scale action.  The policies laid out in these reports must be implemented, or the cycle of financial stress will never end. The children in these struggling families will become the next generation of struggling families. The American Dream will become the American Drain.

美国梦在宾夕法尼亚州东南部逐渐消失。用于提供舒适的中产阶级生活的收入几乎不足以支付基本生活费用。处于财务困境中的家庭寄希望于他们的孩子能够提高经济发展水平，有一天他们会比父母（父母）有更多的金钱安慰。

这些家庭中许多人面临的惨淡局面只会随着大规模的行动而改变。这一系列报告提出了一系列必须执行的建议和政策，否则财务压力的循环将永远不会结束，这些处境艰难的家庭中的孩子将成为下一代处境艰难的家庭。

Children First will release five reports on the status of children in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, titled, “Underwater: What’s Sinking Families”.  Click the links below to download a copy of the reports.

雄鹿县报告 – 2019年4月发布

切斯特县报告 – 2020年2月发行

特拉华县报告 – 2019年3月发布

蒙哥马利县报告 – 2019年6月发布

费城县报告 – 2019年10月24日

There are more than 180,000 children in southeastern Pennsylvania who live in families with incomes at or below the federal poverty level. The parents of most of these children work, but low wages and an unstable job market makes it difficult for families to make ends meet.  Children First works to help lift families out of poverty by pushing for increased investment and access to services for families such as the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit.  These valuable resources help tens of thousands of children in southeastern Pennsylvania rise out of poverty every year.