(WASHINGTON) — The federal government program used for the last two winters to send free COVID tests to Americans’ homes will get up-and-running once again in the coming days, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Wednesday. Becerra made the announcement at a CVS drugstore...
Association of COVID-19 Relief Program Participation With Race and Ethnicity– and Nativity-Based Disparities in Household Food Insecurity and Being Behind on Rent View LargeDownload Supplement 1. Data Sharing Statement 1. Gundersen C, Ziliak JP. Food insecurity and health outcomes. ...
A woman walks past a restaurant closed due to COVID-19, in Vancouver, on May 6, 2020. When the federal government announced a new measure aimed at reducing rent for small businesses by three quarters, it sparked hope of survival among restaurateurs. However, without buy-in from ...
Federal Reserve Lending Programs to Support U.S. Economy During COVID-19 Pandemic Background The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) became law on March 27, 2020. The economic stimulus package in the CARES Act includes federal funding for business stimulus across three...
Under the act, the SBA received$350 billionin funding to adjust existing loan programs and create a new loan program to assist small businesses across the nation who have been adversely impacted by the COVID-19 emergency. The marijuana industry is ineligible to receive any emergency rel...
Mayor Duggan says the program will kick off phase one with helping Detroiters get new roofs - fulfilling one of the most often heard requests. DETROIT (FOX 2) - Detroit is using federal COVID-19 relief dollars to help longtime residents stay in the city. "We are here to talk ...
Trump Signs Federal COVID-19 Relief ActAuthor: Brightmine Editorial TeamDecember 28, 2020On December 27, President Trump signed the COVID-19 relief legislation Congress approved last week, which includes a $1.4 trillion government-funding package and $900 billion earmarked for COVID-19 aid. The...
“If the Fed learns that banks are likely to extend qualifying loans only to certain industries (because they are relatively less risky or there is less uncertainty about how Covid-19 will impact the sector’s viability), the Fed and Treasury then must decide what to do with that infor...
CBO’s 2013 projection estimated that the debt would grow over the next two decades to unprecedented levels unless the government changed course. Nine years later, theactual outcomeshave been far worse, mainly due to more than $5 trillion in spending on “Covid relief” laws: ...
Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) was an emergency program established by the CARES Act to increase unemployment benefits for Americans who were out of work because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Under FPUC, eligible people who collected certain unemployment insurance benefits, including reg...