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Support for single parents in Baltimore and beyond

By Sheilah Kast,
Melissa Gerr
Published March 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM EDT
Ebony Peacock (L), and her kids receive support, mentoring, tutoring and other resources from the Jeremiah Program. She's a CCBC student and studying voice at Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute. Photo: Jeremiah Project
Ebony Peacock (L), and her kids receive support, mentoring, tutoring and other resources from the Jeremiah Program. She's a CCBC student and studying voice at Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute. Photo: Jeremiah Project

More than half of Baltimore’s children live with one parent; many of those families live in poverty. For 51 single mothers here, and their kids, the nonprofit Jeremiah Program offers coaching, community, and financial help to get them to a college degree. We talk to its director, Danielle Staton and Ebony Peacock, a mom with two kids who says the program has provided immeasurable help and support.

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Sheilah Kast
Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.
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Melissa Gerr
Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'
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