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U.S. deportation and expulsion practices are recklessly exposing an entire region to increased risk of COVID-19.
May, 2020
Issue Brief
... explicit barriers to or deferred from participating in programs such as Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition ... finding confirmed by recent unemployment data (PDF) . But the survey also found wide disparities among ... reported “chilling effects”—for example, avoiding programs such as Medicaid, SNAP, and housing subsidies—in ...
June 5, 2020
Blog Post
April 15, 2020
Press Release
... CARES Act extensively expanded unemployment insurance (UI) programs in terms of who is eligible, the length of time for ... payments, and any future stimulus support. Everyone who files tax returns, regardless of immigration status, should ... care facilities, and other COVID-19 testing or quarantine sites or against people traveling to such sites. And while ...
April 16, 2020
News Article
... — including immigrants who have green cards, work visas or are undocumented — in California at higher rates ... proposal that would slash $14 billion from social services programs to balance a predicted $54 billion deficit, unless ... they are forced to make excruciating cuts to safety net programs at a time of unprecedented need. High demand for ...
May 21, 2020
News Article
... for COVID-19 federal relief and most state safety-net programs. The Fund was set up as part of a public-private ...
May 11, 2020
Press Release
... . In addition, limited access to social safety-net programs and federal relief funds are challenges both to ... of immigrant communities. Alleviate Dreamers’ Long-Term Concerns About Being Able to Live and Work in This Country ... immigrants and English learners need to succeed in these programs. These include a remote learning infrastructure to ...
May 15, 2020
Commentary
... $1,200 per adult in the COVID-19 stimulus package. State programs such as paid family leave and disability insurance ... Workforce Development Agency. “We are coming together across agencies and industries to try to address the needs of those who may not qualify for other traditional programs, and meet this moment together,” said Page in an ...
March 31, 2020
News Article
... with partners, HIP has learned that service providers across the region are facing: Barriers and unexpected costs ... equity and prosperity for Latinos and Latin Americans across the region. With more than 15 years of grantmaking ... Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Casey Family Programs, C. S. Mott Foundation, Ford Foundation, the David & ...
March 18, 2020
Response Fund
Americans are eligible for up to $1,200 in coronavirus stimulus money — unless they're married and filing taxes jointly with an immigrant who doesn’t have a Social Security number. Democratic leaders are demanding to change that.
May 1, 2020
News Article
... or citizenship status, excluding immigrants from relief programs and protection from harsh enforcement actions ... these six important steps: Expand access to safety-net programs for all currently ineligible low-income immigrants, ... Insurance; Paid Sick Leave; health and nutrition programs such as Medi-Cal and the California Food Assistance ...
April 9, 2020
Blog Post
... and the Grove Foundation, have mapped cash relief efforts across the nine-county Bay Area, as a first step toward ...
June 10, 2020
Co-Sponsored Program
... been excluded from federally and state funded safety net programs. This comes at a time when immigrant communities ...
April 10, 2020
Response Fund
... our nation’s deep inequalities and broken safety net programs leave millions of people without help or relief. ...
April 10, 2020
Response Fund
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced Friday he will use his emergency powers to create a $5 million forgivable loan program to help renters and small businesses affected by the economic fallout from the spread of COVID-19.
Unlike federal and state relief packages, families will be eligible for assistance regardless of their immigration or documentation status — offering a lifeline to thousands of people living in the city.
April 3, 2020
Response Fund
... and any forthcoming federally funded COVID-19 relief programs to get them through this crisis, our undocumented ...
April 10, 2020