A birthday celebration. A special game of cards. A basketball game. A bucket filled with seashells. These are the memories held by the children of COVID-19 victims.
Across the country, some children are experiencing the death of a parent who was the center of their lives. Many of them are kids, teenagers and young adults, who were still finding their way in the world. Now, they re forced to adapt to a world without them.
While the full scope of parental death due to coronavirus is not yet understood, limited data is starting to emerge. In New York, 4,200 children experienced a parental or caregiver death due to COVID-19 between March and July of 2020, according to a study from United Hospital Fund and Boston Consulting Group.
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Andrea LaRew’s employer doesn’t offer a traditional health plan, but it does provide $100 a month to pay for a plan she purchases on her own. That money comes under an individual coverage health reimbursement arrangement, established through a rule issued by the Trump administration last year. The $100 is not taxable.
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Until October, Andrea LaRew was paying $950 a month for health insurance through her job at the Northwest Douglas County Chamber & Economic Development Corp. near Denver.
Her company didn’t contribute anything toward the premium. And LaRew and her husband had a steep $13,000 deductible for the plan.
But the coverage and the premium cost were in line with other plans available to the company since options for such a small work group weren’t plentiful only LaRew and another employee wanted to enroll.
NYC To Launch Universal Mental Health Screening Initiative For Public Schoolchildren In Nine Months
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In a move intended to address the trauma caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the city plans to launch a mental health screening initiative for public school students, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday.
The initiative will assess students mental well-being at schools in 27 hardest-hit neighborhoods severely impacted by the pandemic, according to de Blasio. Students will first be evaluated through a five-minute questionnaire, with questions that will include a student s thoughts and feelings, their perspective on schools, and relationships with friends and family. The neighborhoods include East Tremont, Bushwick, Queensbridge, Stapleton, and Washington Heights, which are largely Black and Brown communities.