Pres. Biden’s $1.9 trillion aid package will deliver financial assistance to those in need. Here’s an explainer of the direct relief it contains.
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Pres. Biden’s $1.9 trillion aid package will deliver financial assistance to those in need. Here’s an explainer of the direct relief it contains.
We’ve experienced a record high number of requests for assistance over the past four months. Congress must move quickly to provide real COVID relief.
The package contains powerful public policies to help suffering American households, but pervasive hunger and poverty will likely continue.
Just Harvest and 21 community, advocacy, and labor organizations urged our U.S. Senators and Representatives to enact specific relief measures.
SNAP is our nation’s first line of defense against hunger. Use our quick form to urge Sen. Casey and Toomey to move quickly to address hunger.
The COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis of shocking proportion. We eagerly yearn for a return to normal, even as we picture what “a new normal” might require.
Support these relief efforts to help make sure our nation, commonwealth, and county are prioritizing the needs of people hit hard by this crisis.
Information on public assistance programs, emergency relief measures, and other resources to help you through the economic impact of COVID-19.
Before COVID-19, nearly 700 people died every day because of poverty in this country. We must now protect the poor and the workers on the frontlines.
Federal policymakers must enact additional measures now to mitigate the far-reaching economic harms arising from the coronavirus pandemic.