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When working hard isn't enough to achieve independence

My husband and I both work full-time but we had to move back in with my parents and I feel like a failure as a provider even though I know the system is rigged.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You're confronting the gap between the promise of work leading to stability and the reality of economic precarity.

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“Where Are You with Poverty and identity?”

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