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* 1. Having been out of the work force for a while, you update your resume and start sending it out. What is the average number of weeks unemployed job seekers spend before securing another job?  

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* 2. Retail work best matches your skill set and experience, and you find a job that pays minimum wage. You’re grateful to have a job, and you know that you can cut corners in your budget somehow. How much do you need to make per hour working a 40 hour week to be able to afford a 2 bedroom apartment aT fair-market rental?

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* 3. How many hours a week would an employee have to work to afford the same 2 bedroom apartment at federally mandated minimum wage?  

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* 4. You can look to food aid to supplement your household budget. If you use food stamps, you’ll be joining ____ million other Americans who receive them.  

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* 5. Since you can’t afford to buy enough food for the month, your children depend on getting a meal at school.  What percentage of children in public schools qualified for free lunches in 2012-2013?

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* 6. You work but you are still a low-income family (defined by the US government as earning less than twice the federal poverty level). What percentage of low-income families with children have at least one (FT/part-time) working parent?  

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* 7. Your youngest daughter is not in school yet, and the cost of child care while you work is putting a lot of pressure on your limited budget. Child care costs are higher than public college tuition in how many states?  

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* 8. You’ve lost your job, your medical bills pile up and your budget has fallen apart.  Behind on rent and facing eviction, you’ve requested shelter for you and your children – but what percentage of requests by families at homeless shelters are not met?

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