The pandemic recession recovery isnât reaching New York City mothers who face steep challenges in breaking back into the workforce â" underscoring a growing child care crisis, a new report from a childrenâs advocacy group found.
The report by the nonprofit Citizensâ Committee for Children, shared with The Fuller Project and THE CITY, found that 41% of 25- to 54-year-old women living with children in the New York metropolitan area were not working between April and July.
That 41% was an improvement over the 50% of women who had reported being out of work at the peak of the pandemic economic shutdowns a year earlier. But male parentsâ employment made a much bigger recovery, the report found, with the share of dads out of the workforce dropping from 45% to 24%.
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Picking up food from a Corona, Queens food bank, Aug. 26, 2020. The pandemic recession recovery isnât reaching New York City mothers who face steep challenges in breaking back into the workforce â" underscoring a growing child care crisis, a new report from a childrenâs advocacy group found.
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