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Common Barriers That Might Prevent Someone From Working:

  1. Childcare

    Child care expenses can pose a major obstacle to self-sufficiency. For example, a single mother making minimum wage can pay over 45% of her take home income to child care expenses. Below are the average monthly costs of quality child care in Wake County for Infants through 5 years of age in 2006.

    • Infants — $906.42
    • 1 yr. olds — $856.33
    • 2 yr. olds — $763.66
    • 3 yr. olds — $703.90
    • 4 yr. olds — $691.21
    • 5 yr. olds — $676.24

  2. Transportation

    Monthly bus passes work when the employment is near a bus line and the employee works normal hours.

  3. Legal Issues

    Evictions, Foreclosures, Prior Convictions, Credit History