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— Patricia Nolan said not having an address or a bank account has kept her from receiving her check.
Rachel Carp
For people experiencing homelessness, accessing the third round of COVID-19 relief money requires resources often not available to them. Some North Texas organizations are helping people get online or get a mailing address so they can get paid.
Before the pandemic, Jesse Hawkins had a job and a home. Now he lives at Camp Rhonda, a homeless encampment in Dallas.
"When COVID first started I lost my job, businesses shut down, what money I did save up I spent to survive, couldn’t get a job because nobody was hiring — so this is where I ended up," he said.