Unemployment Crisis Taking Huge Toll On Low-Income Teens
(Huffington Post) — Nyeka Alston-Orisakwe, 18, of Boston, dressed as a nurse at her family’s Halloween party, but without a job, she has not been able to stanch the financial bleeding at home. Her single, unemployed mother, Dominique Alston, 36, postponed paying the cell phone bill to pay for the Halloween party instead. Alston receives only $1,700 in unemployment benefits and child support per month to take care of four children–far below the federal poverty level.
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