This picture is drastically different when looking at single-parent families who received TANF aid. In 2011, 950,000 single-parent families nationwide got help per month on average.

The United States has one of the highest single-parent-household rates in the world, and at least 2.7 million of those households are headed by single mothers by choice.

A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 20, 2023, Section A, Page 26 of the New York edition with the headline: The Rise of Single-Parent Families Is Bad for Kids.

A crown jewel of the organization is the Single Parent Families Grant Program, launched in Philadelphia. “We provide transformational moments for young people to be able to go after life in a ...

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