"Gaffin is a part of the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Community Change's Real Voices project and a volunteer at Catholic Social Services. The center, the first project of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Fund, is an advocacy nonprofit and think tank."
Here's your answer, NO. Where's the child's father? How much is she getting from welfare? Grants? Rent assistance?
If it's so hard for her, when does she have time to volunteer?