Jessica Rogers (right), 32, sits with daughter Ahni'ya Bruton-Rogers, 10, after waking her to get ready for school at their home in Bowling Green, Ky. Rogers, a social worker, became a single mother when she was 21 years old and still in college. “There were times where that refrigerator wasn’t full. We have people around us who won’t let us go hungry, but I don’t want to depend on them because they won’t always be around,” Rogers said.