1 in 4 women go back to work less than 2 weeks after giving birth because the vast majority of Americans (86%) have no paid leave In These Times Report, 2015

Mortality is more than twice as high for Black infants as it is for White infants U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office Of Minority Health, 2017

42% of infants and toddlers in the U.S. live in poor or low income families
 National Center for Children in Poverty, 2017

The high cost of infant / toddler care places a heavy financial burden on most families in the United States Center for American Progress, 2015