Basic-income programs like this one are designed to help low-income families with children
in November 2020 to help 150 families who fall below the federal poverty level and saw their work hours reduced because of COVID-19 with $500 a month for 18 months.
Child care, in particular, was a big challenge, Leggett said, with 63% of participants in St. Paul's program financially affected from lack of care options due to COVID-19. Malissa first heard about PPP from a hospital employee when she gave birth to Mason in 2020. By that point, she'd stopped working full-time for four years, due to mental-health disabilities. Part-time jobs affect her supplemental security income, so she usually avoids them.
It also helped Malissa pay to fix her car so they could visit family for the holidays, take kids to the doctor, and drive to the grocery store, which is"only 10 minutes by car, but about 40 by transit."Jason has been a beneficiary of a disability program known as Social Security Disability Insurance since 2003. He was diagnosed with spinal meningitis as a child and still suffers from health complications as an adult.
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