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Late last night, the Senate passed a $2 trillion COVID-19 relief package that represents an important step toward helping to meet the needs of children and families, the health care system, and states incurring huge new costs in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
The package includes many provisions which will begin to help ease the burdens of this crisis for millions of children and families across the country, including:
- Putting money directly in the hands of low- and middle-income earners with one time cash payments of $1,200 per adult and $500 per child
- Supporting families facing housing insecurity with grants for homelessness assistance, an increase in funding to support low-income renters, and protections against foreclosures and evictions
- Providing temporary shelter and services to youth experiencing homelessness
- Making sure that as this crisis continues and more families qualify for food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), they can access it
- Providing child care assistance to essential personnel responding to the COVID-19 outbreak in communities and some assistance to other child care providers impacted by the crisis
- Supporting local school systems and higher education institutions so that they can continue to provide high-quality education for their students
- Safeguarding children by extending services to prevent maltreatment and assist victims of family violence
- Extending the benefits of unemployment insurance for those whose jobs have been impacted
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