People of color can’t go back to ‘normal’ after COVID | Opinion
Updated Mar 15, 2021;
Posted Mar 15, 2021
“Normal” was white New Jerseyans having a median net wealth of $106,210 in 2016, while typical Black and Latinx residents of our state had $179, say Laura Sullivan, director of the Economic Justice Program at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, and Kiran Handa Gaudioso, CEO of the United Way of Northern New Jersey.
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As Americans and as New Jerseyans, we are emerging from a long, cold winter.
Our nation has lost more than 530,000 souls to the COVID-19 pandemic, which continues to rage. Our state and national economies are reeling from unprecedented unemployment and small business losses. In the space of a year, our lives have been fundamentally altered.
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ORLANDO, Fla. The Heart of Florida United Way’s 211 helpline has fielded 21,000 calls from people worried about being evicted from their homes since June of last year, according to Ray Larsen, the organization’s vice president of community engagement.
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Heart of Florida United Way invests in 3 Central Florida legal aid groups
Groups in Orange, Osceola, Seminole counties help people facing eviction
HFUW has seen surge in calls from people worried about being evicted
“The calls specifically around evictions and needs for utility assistance are still very much elevated,” Larsen said.
Responding to that large demand for assistance, HFUW moved this week to invest $150,000 into three local aid groups in Orange, Osceola, and Seminole counties that have been helping low-income people throughout the pandemic. The money is specifically meant to fund legal assistance and representation for individuals and families facing an eviction because of the COVI
Advocates say Bidenâs child tax credits could lift thousands of Louisiana children out of poverty
Enhanced child tax credits included in President Biden s COVID relief package By Sabrina Wilson | March 9, 2021 at 6:45 PM CST - Updated March 10 at 8:57 AM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - More than 4 million people call Louisiana home and 19% live in poverty, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and children are not immune to the problem. But there is hope that President Joe Bidenâs COVID relief package, called the American Rescue Plan, will rescue many children from poverty in the state and around the country.
Jan Moller follows child poverty closely as the Executive Director of the Louisiana Budget Project.
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