Casey Quinlan, Georgia Recorder As states plan how they’ll spend the $25 billion remaining in federal COVID relief funds, some also are facing criticism and renewed scrutiny over how they allocated money already received from the American Rescue Plan Act. Of the $198 billion authorized by Congress in 2021, $173 …
Read More »Nearly Two Dozen GOP States Attempting to Use Covid Relief Funds for Tax Cuts
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Republican leaders in nearly two dozen U.S. states are attempting—potentially in violation of federal law—to use coronavirus relief funds approved by Congress last year to finance tax cuts instead of devoting the money to combating the ongoing pandemic and its economic consequences. The Washington Post reported …
Read More »Biden Urges City Leaders To Take Advantage Of Billions In Federal Relief Funds
by Ariana Figueroa, Missouri Independent March 14, 2022 WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday urged local and city governments to continue to use the $130 billion in funds allocated to them from the American Rescue Plan to help during the pandemic. The president of the National League of Cities, …
Read More »Vice President Harris Announces $1.5 Billion Healthcare Investment For Underserved Communities
On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris announced that the Biden administration would be making a $1.5 billion investment to help grow and diversify the nation’s health care workforce, and bolster equitable health care in the communities that need it most during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the years to come. The funds, which come from …
Read More »Biden Administration Offering More Aid For Heat, Utility Bills This Winter
The Biden Administration is taking steps to help distribute billions of dollars in additional aid to help with heating and utility bills this winter. The funding will come from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan passed in March of this year. The package provided an additional $4.5 billion for the …
Read More »$785 million of pandemic relief funds will support communities of color
Originally published by The 19th The Biden administration announced Wednesday that $785 million of the American Rescue Plan will go toward the communities that were hit hardest by the pandemic, following the recommendations of a COVID-19 health equity report that was released last month. “COVID-19 made it clear that in …
Read More »Census Bureau Says Poverty Declined In 2020 Due To Government Aid
New data released from the United States Census Bureau reveals that poverty decreased last year largely because of the swift and substantial federal relief that Congress enacted at the start of the pandemic to try to prevent widespread financial hardship as the nation experienced the worst economic crisis since the Great …
Read More »7 Million+ Americans Set To Lose Unemployment Benefits After Labor Day
Next month, more than 7 million unemployed Americans are expected to lose the extended unemployment benefits Congress first passed via the March 2020 CARES Act, and then extended through the American Rescue Plan. Gig workers, contractors, recipients of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, and Americans receiving Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation will …
Read More »ACA special enrollment surpasses two million people with a month to go
With a month left until the August 15 deadline, more than two million people have signed up for healthcare coverage through the Affordable Care Act(ACA) during the Biden Administration’s 2021 Special Enrollment Period, according to new enrollment reports from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The special enrollment period began …
Read More »President Biden Gives Remarks On Child Tax Credit Payments
More than 30 million American families have received their first monthly child tax credit payment from the U.S. government in an expanded income-support program that President Joe Biden said on Thursday could help end child poverty. At the White House on Thursday, President Biden praised the tax credit as a …
Read More »The Biden Administration Is Encouraging States To Use COVID-19 Funding To Combat Rising Crime
The Biden Administration is encouraging state and local governments to use COVID-19 relief funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to combat violent crime. During a meeting at the White House, President Joe Biden discussed the surge in gun violence with a group of law enforcement officials, community …
Read More »Federal Judges Block Black Farmers From Receiving Debt-Relief Funding
Two federal judges have blocked minority farmers from receiving billions of dollars in debt-relief payments. Judges Marcia Morales Howard and William Griesbach say the Emergency Relief for Farmers of Color Act is unconstitutional because it is not race-neutral. The orders come after white farmers and institutions filed lawsuits because they couldn’t receive …
Read More »Everything you need to know to get the child tax credit
Chabeli Carrazana Originally published by The 19th In less than a month, most families with kids will be eligible to receive regular payments of up to $300 for each of their children. In the lead-up, the White House and community groups are launching a campaign to raise awareness for …
Read More »Lawmakers Push For Additional Aid For Restaurant Revitalization Fund
The Restaurant Revitalization Fund was part of the American Rescue Plan that passed in March. It provided $26.8 billion to businesses impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. However, over 362,000 businesses applied for $75 billion in assistance in less than a month. The fund got 3 times as many requests as …
Read More »IRS To Start Distributing Child Tax Credit Payments July 15
Monthly payments for the child tax credit will start processing on July 15. About 39 million households will receive automatic payments. The advance child tax credit program is part of the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion economic aid package called the American Rescue Plan that was passed in March “The American …
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