Detroit, Michigan
In December 2014, Staci’s daughter, Bailee, had a stroke. She was four years old. Staci was working for a large company and going through a divorce. “This was my baby and I wasn’t going to leave her side, but I also needed my job,” Staci said. Despite being at the company for four years, she had no paid leave. Staying with Bailee cost Staci her job and her home. She ended up cashing in her 401K to survive. “I was in the middle of a cataclysmic meltdown. I wound up on public assistance for a while. The firing ended my health insurance. With paid family leave, I would have accrued time that could have prevented my firing and still let me care for my daughter.”
