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  • USDA Acts Fast To Help Schools Offer Families Take-Out, Grocery Money

    June 02, 2020 |

    Boise State Public Radio (KBSX) |

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    The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has effectively responded to the Covid-19 crisis by quickly helping existing programs provide food aid to families. School lunch programs rapidly moved from providing hot food to children who qualify to a to-go style menu for all children under 18 and offers grocery money to families who can’t pick up food. The USDA also expanded SNAP with increased monthly allowances and options for online shopping. There have been administrative difficulties coordinating aid so quickly that has caused delays to some families getting the food they need.

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  • In Austin, ConnectATX Makes COVID-19 Resources Easy to Find

    June 01, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    ConnectATX provides a directory of myriad resources available to residents in Austin, Texas. The services include food aid, rent relief, mental health, childcare, and transportation. ConnectATX has representatives who screen callers depending upon need and connect them with all the appropriate available resources on their website. As the pandemic continues, ConnectATX has kept their directory updated with the latest information on food banks, testing sites, and guidelines for financial aid benefits.

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  • A nonprofit motorcycle club raises money for elderly members

    May 28, 2020 |

    Borderless Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Senior citizens from the Assyrian community living in Chicago have relied on a motorcycle club for care packages as well as friendly visits from someone who speaks their language. With health guidelines and coronavirus information constantly changing, the language barrier faced by many Assyrian elders makes them even more isolated during the pandemic. Organizations that would typically step in to provide assistance, meal preparation, and translation services have had to cut back their services leaving the motorcycle club, known as the Assyrian Knights, filling an urgent need.

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  • Brazilian Farmers Hatch A Plan To Send Healthy Food To The Favelas

    May 24, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Brazil, São Paulo

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, Rafael Duckur, an organic food producer in Brazil, started Pertim, a network of farmers working to help families in neighborhoods who can’t meet their basic needs. The group buys food like fruits, vegetables, eggs, and coffee from farmers to fill boxes that are sent to the neighborhoods. While the logistics of collecting and distributing the boxes can be difficult, Pertim hopes to cut down on food waste from unsold produce while supporting local agriculture producers.

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  • Prominent entrepreneurs join activists as volunteers in COVID19 response

    May 21, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Belarus, Minsk

    Based on one Instagram post forwarding a request from a doctor for protective gear for his hospital, #BYCOVID19 grew into a large-scale clearinghouse to funnel donated supplies to front-line medical workers in Belarus. Fueled by $125,000 in donations in its first weeks, the volunteer-run service opened a warehouse to store and ship all manner of protective gear that hospitals were desperate to receive amid a serious outbreak of the virus.

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  • Amid COVID-19, SNAP Rolls Out Online Ordering

    May 21, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    More than a dozen states are participating in a SNAP program, allowing people experiencing economic hardship to purchase food online from retailers. While only certain online retailers allow for food stamp purchases and SNAP users can’t pay for delivery fees with their benefits, more states are piloting the program, which could prove useful for people quarantining from the novel coronavirus.

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  • How Detroit Gets People Around During a Pandemic

    May 20, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    The city of Detroit’s government spearheaded new partnerships at the start of the coronavirus pandemic to provide transit options for people living in city shelters and residents who don’t have cars to access COVID-19 testing. These partnerships among government departments allowed for transporting those experiencing homelessness to designated emergency shelters and hospitals to prevent the spread of the virus among shelter residents. Government officials anticipated as many as 450 shelter residents would contract the virus, but so far, only 154 people have tested positive with no deaths reported.

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  • How Louisiana cities are using the CARES Act to save small businesses, keep people in homes

    May 19, 2020 |

    The Current (Louisiana) |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisiana

    The Cares Act is a federal program providing $46.6 million dollars of emergency aid which cities in Louisiana are spending on a combination of a mortgage and rent relief or on the needs of small businesses. For most cities throughout the state, the first priority is keeping residents in their homes as the stay on evictions approaches, at which point landlords will expect rent as well as backpay. Louisiana faces the triple threat of a pandemic, the economic fallout from it, and a series of tornados. Keeping people in their homes has been the foremost priority to stop the spread of the virus.

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  • Co-Op City Succeeds With Census While Much of NYC Struggles. What's Its Secret?

    May 19, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In New York City, where the average census response rate is only 49 percent, the city's largest co-operative housing complex achieved over a 70 percent response rate, well above the 40 percent rate typical in the co-op's neighborhood of the Bronx. Co-op City, as it is known, has a strong sense of community and promoted the census through its internal TV station, robo-calls, and community newspaper.

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  • Louisiana cities are doing what they can to both save small businesses and keep people in their homes

    May 18, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Lafayette, Louisiana

    Several large cities in Lousiana used federal funds for small businesses and housing. Cities like Monroe, Shreveport, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans balanced the needs of small businesses with the needs of families who were provided rent and mortgage assistance. Fayette, however, is opting to focus almost entirely on small businesses. Most cities are prioritizing the need to keep residents in their homes to stop the spread of coronavirus.

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