OUR STORY
As single mothers, we found ourselves constantly conversing about our fears and concerns regarding our limited resources and finances and how this hindered our abilities to properly provide and maintain shelter, childcare, and day-to-day necessities for our children.
Despite these worries we were united in our love and our shared understanding that we would definitely need to support one another however we could, to make it thorough and from the time our children were infants to when they became young adults, economic adversities compelled us to rely on each other for emotional support, housing which we shared at one point, transportation, childcare, all aspects of navigating our children’s educational needs/journeys, and networking for jobs and other life resources for our children through young adulthood.
After so many years of helping each other we began extending and sharing the resources we discovered with our internal community of immediate family, seeing the difference community could make with small acts like helping a single mom by loaning her daughter a gently used dress for prom, and how that $100-$300 dollar savings can truly enriched the life of a single parent, we decided to take our passions for single parent support and expand it to an outreach platform to support a larger community through our non-profit called Mommy In The Middle .
OUR MISSION
At Mommy in The Middle our mission will be to apply our real-life experiences as single mothers to tackle the multifaceted social and economic challenges faced by single parents. Through this nonprofit we aim to address the barriers within the gross wages framework that often undermine a single parents access to vital support and aid essential for sustaining their livelihoods. This commitment extends to ensuring that even as single parent reach a survival wage in terms of net income, they receive the necessary assistance to thrive and provide for their families effectively.
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OUR VISSION
To create worldwide resources and recognition of a working single parents need for support to aid their families with the challenges left by the financial disparities created between Gross and Net pay earnings.
OUR STORY
As single mothers, we often found ourselves discussing our fears and concerns—particularly around limited resources and finances. These challenges made it difficult to consistently provide shelter, childcare, and daily necessities for our children.
Despite these worries, we were united by our love for our children and a shared understanding that we needed to support one another however we could to make it through. From the time our children were infants through their young adulthood, our financial hardships pushed us to lean on each other in many ways.
We shared housing at one point and regularly relied on one another for emotional support, transportation, childcare, and help navigating our children’s educational journeys. We collaborated on job searches and tapped into any available resources that could help us stay afloat.
Over time, our mutual support evolved. We began sharing what we had learned—and the resources we found—with our immediate families and inner community. We saw firsthand how simple, thoughtful gestures could make a meaningful impact. Something as small as loaning a gently used prom dress could save a single mother $100–$300—a savings that could make a real difference in her life.
These experiences inspired us to turn our passion for supporting parents into something bigger: a nonprofit outreach platform called Mommy in the Middle.
OUR MISSION
At Mommy in the Middle, our mission is to apply our lived experiences as single mothers to address the complex social and economic challenges working single parents face every day. We aim to tackle the systemic barriers within the gross wage framework that often prevent working single parents from accessing the support they need—even as they reach what appears to be a "surviving" wage.
We believe that thriving—not just surviving—should be the standard. Our goal is to ensure that single parents continue to receive the resources and aid necessary to sustain their families and improve their quality of life.
OUR VISSION
Through Mommy in the Middle, we seek to build a global network of resources and raise awareness about the gap between gross and net income—and how this disparity continues to leave many working single parents in need of real, meaningful support.
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