A new state-wide program to get financial help for the nearly 2 million illegal immigrants in California was nearly overwhelmed by the demand within its first week. But there's only enough aid for 250,000, leaving 1.75 million without assistance.
Christian and his wife Monze were laid off from restaurant jobs in mid-March and not qualified to receive unemployment because they are undocumented immigrants.San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst N/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Imag
Catholic Charities is one of a dozen nonprofit and immigrant rights groups the state of California has partnered with to try to reach workers who are living here illegally. Many are doing work that qualifies as an essential work, but their status makes them ineligible for federal pandemic relief as well as most state and local relief."They were providing valuable services to our community and, because of the pandemic, essentially they're at zero income right now," says Martinez.
The funds are being doled out on a first-come, first-served basis until the taxpayer-funded $75 million pot of money runs out. A group of foundations and private donors calledpledged an additional $50 million in direct financial aid to families of undocumented immigrants. The state of California is working with groups already known and trusted in these communities by people whose immigration status can make them fearful of authorities.A consortium of Bay Area Catholic Charities is responsible for implementing the program in the broader region. It has averaged nearly 200,000 calls a day, so far. On several days, the call volume crashed lines. The group has just 100 people answering phones.
She and her staff often advise applicants with limited tech experience to enlist the help of their teenage children or someone else in the household who is more tech-savvy.
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