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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Just Harvest Celebrates Long-Sought COVID Relief Bill, Additional Measures Needed
The package contains powerful public policies to help suffering American households, but pervasive hunger and poverty will likely continue.
Allegheny County Organizations Call for Robust COVID Relief
Just Harvest and 21 community, advocacy, and labor organizations urged our U.S. Senators and Representatives to enact specific relief measures.
Cash Assistance options during COVID-19
What can people waiting for unemployment benefits, or who aren’t eligible for them, do to pay their bills? There are options.
Resources to help people through the coronavirus pandemic
Information on public assistance programs, emergency relief measures, and other resources to help you through the economic impact of COVID-19.
STATEMENT: Trump administration’s SNAP rule change will increase hunger for un- and under-employed
More SNAP recipients who face barriers to work will be subjected to a three-month time limit on receiving nutrition assistance.
Power of the Pen participants submit public comments to protect SNAP
Most Americans understand that hunger doesn’t help people find jobs. It was time to make that clear to the Trump administration.
Why Work for Welfare Doesn’t Work
The idea that only some Americans in poverty deserve help stems from assumptions about poverty and work that don’t match up with reality.
8,000 at risk of losing food stamps
Starting next year thousands of PA residents will lose their SNAP benefits. Why this is happening and how to help those facing food stamp work requirements.
Unemployment and the Stimulus Plan
A recent article on National Public Radio (NPR) notes that the unemployment rate has reached 8.5%, the highest it has been since 1983. In the month of January, 741,000 people lost their jobs, the largest number of layoffs in a single month since October of 1949. With numbers like these, it can cause a bit […]
