The first time I talked to Amy Lee Funes, our conversation left me stunned.
In spite of the fact that she earned only $35,000 a year and lived in one of the most expensive cities in the world, Funes made too much to qualify for public assistance paying for child care. Her only option was to take a pay cut, a city official told her in late 2019. Funes, who had recently moved far away from her mother (a free source of child care) to escape an abusive relationship, desperately needed child care. She felt she had no choice but to quit her job to get that voucher.
https://hechingerreport.org/quitting-jobs-to-qualify-for-child-care/
