Every day, a small number of working people try hard to make it, but instead, they quietly fall off the edge of a cliff. We don’t notice it because it’s such a small number of people falling daily. Often, they find a way to get back up. Maybe another job opens up, and they go on with their lives. People are resilient. When you have kids, there’s no option but to be resilient. You must figure it out and push through the anxiety, self-doubt, and depression. But with covid, the ability to rebound has been disproportionately altered.These families are generally job insecure, housing insecure, and are usually unable to afford adequate health care. By robbing Peter to pay Paul, families are left with too few resources to secure food.”