In 2005 over 28% of U.S. children were living in a single-parent household, with 50% of all
black children and 25% of all Hispanic children living with a single mother [6]. Single-mother
households in the U.S. carried the highest family poverty rates in 2006, with 28% living below
the poverty line [7]. Almost 12% of all U.S. children in 2006 had no health insurance coverage,
and the numbers were even more dismal for minority children with 22% of Hispanic children
and 14% of black children uninsured [7].