Religious Groups Rally for the American Rescue Plan
March 4, 2021, 9:00 am
Prominent religious leaders and faith-based organizations are rallying support for the American Rescue Plan the $1.9 trillion relief package that addresses the public health and economic crises facing the United States due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The proposed funding will help people in need by speeding up the distribution and administration of coronavirus vaccines; providing $1,400 stimulus checks to most Americans and an extra $400 per week to out-of-work Americans through August; guaranteeing 14 weeks of emergency paid leave for all workers; providing $350 billion in state and local aid; and expanding the child tax credit.
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Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See more staff and wire stories here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. Chelesa Presley is deeply familiar with the struggles of young families, first from her years as a social worker and now from running a nonprofit in one of Mississippi s poorest regions. She s used to the questions about car seats, nursing and colicky babies, but paying for diapers is always the chronic and most-pressing worry. I see parents not putting anything on their babies because they don t have diapers, she said. I ve seen people use shopping bags with some rags in it. I ve seen T-shirts. I ve seen people keeping the diapers on longer than necessary, and the diapers sag down when the babies walk.
To fight poverty, we need a two-generation strategy Ashley LiBetti, opinion contributor © Getty Images To fight poverty, we need a two-generation strategy
If President Biden wants the government to work for people again, a good place to start is making it work for low-income families.
The administration should pursue a two-generation social and education initiative - using existing funding streams and infrastructure - to efficiently and effectively support the country s most vulnerable families. Two-generation programming focused on social and education supports, will give entire families a pathway to live more stable and secure lives.
Consider a new teen parent. She s almost completed her GED and enrolled in local classes to further her progress. She has a steady job in retail and her manager often offers her extra shifts. But she has a young child, so both GED classes and additional work hours are out of reach without consistent child care. She already re