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April 15, 2020
Press Release
... paid family leave and disability insurance here . New COVID-19 Relief Benefits Leave Out Millions Of ...
March 31, 2020
News Article
... CA - Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) today announced a new $10 million challenge grant from the Charles and Lynn ... she and her two children, ages 9 and 12, were building a new life for themselves. Despite limited literacy, Silvia was ...
May 11, 2020
Press Release
... charge” rule threatens to further dampen participation. New data from two nationally representative surveys of ... fear that participating would disqualify them or a family member from getting a green card. The chilling effects we ... the context of changes to the public charge rule. The new rule expanded the criteria for determining whether ...
June 5, 2020
Blog Post
... immigrants and other affected workers pivot to gain new skills and access quality jobs. As colleges heed the call to design and implement new delivery models that accelerate completion of degrees ...
May 15, 2020
Commentary
... which benefits last, and the monetary amount received. The new Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program—which extends ... contractors, freelancers, part-time workers, and new-to-the-labor-force workers—was created specifically to ...
April 16, 2020
News Article
COVID-19 has destroyed the livelihoods of many in our community. But whereas those with status can rely on unemployment benefits, medicare, and any forthcoming federally funded COVID-19 relief programs to get them through this crisis, our undocumented community members can only get help from us.
April 10, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is exposing what we have always known: our nation’s deep inequalities and broken safety net programs leave millions of people without help or relief.
April 10, 2020
Response Fund
... overhead costs for organizations and staff. Need to launch new legal suits to protect the human rights of those in ... serving as an intermediary, using our network and building new relationships to increase the impact of investments ...
March 18, 2020
Response Fund
... strategic, smart and most of all, caring,” said Council Member Alondra Cano. Another $1 million will go toward ... been left out of federal and state relief efforts. Council Member Lisa Goodman voiced her strong support for the plan, ...
April 3, 2020
Response Fund
Researchers at the UC Merced Community and Labor Center find non-citizen women have experienced the deepest job losses. The study is an early signal of how the coronavirus recession is widening California’s economic inequities.
May 21, 2020
News Article