The opening of a second neighborhood of safe homes in Cache Valley, thanks to a partnership between a Utah non-profit and a family foundation, is timely.
Gov. Cox announced on Tuesday that federal unemployment programs tied to the pandemic will end in Utah next month. This includes the $300 weekly stimulus payment and other federal unemployment programs.
In a press release from the governor’s office, Cox stated that the benefits were never meant to be permanent and that ending the programs on June 26 is a “natural next step in getting the state and people’s lives back to normal.” Because unemployment is at 2.9% in the state, Cox stated that there are plenty of good-paying jobs available to Utanhs and that “the market should not be competing with government for workers.”
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The opening of a second neighborhood of safe homes in Cache Valley, thanks to a partnership between a Utah non-profit and a family foundation, is timely. Jill Anderson is the executive director of CAPSA, a nonprofit domestic violence, sexual assault and rape recovery center serving Cache and Rich counties.
Anderson said CAPSA has seen an increase in the number of individuals who have needed support during the COVID-19 pandemic. The numbers requesting shelter went up 60%, Anderson said. There was a woman sitting at the kitchen table and she opened the newspaper. And she was looking for apartments and she just closed it and put her head in her hands. She said, I don t know how I m going to afford an apartment and to help raise my kids on my own. Instead of just crisis intervention, which is a critical piece, we had to do something about that housing piece.
A woman flying from Salt Lake City to Hawaii unexpectedly gave birth over the Pacific Ocean, according to a report from KUTV.
Lavina Lavi Mounga said she was unaware she was pregnant until she went into labor at 29 weeks on the flight. Luckily for Mounga and her baby three of the flight’s passengers were newborn intensive care unit nurses and one of the passengers was a doctor. The story emerged on social media and videos about the incident received millions of views on Tic Tok.
Mounga and her baby will remain in Hawaii for a few weeks until he is strong enough to travel back to Utah.