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Five family food grants the government is distributing

The $375 check for children during the summer is just one of the benefits expanded or extended under the third stimulus bill to help low-income households and combat poverty in the country. In addition to the extension through the summer of the Pandemic EBT for the purchase of food for low-income families with children in school, there are at least four other programs to address childhood hunger and impact other populations that were extended or expanded under the American Rescue Plan (ARP) that will benefit millions of recipients. Temporary increase in WIC funding A press release last week on the website of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the agency in charge of implementing the initiatives, also highlighted the temporary increase in funds to purchase fruits and vegetables for recipients of the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). For that purpose, some $490 million was allocated under ARPA, approved in mid-March in the U.S. Congress. ...
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How Biden’s stimulus bill could actually build back better

The economic relief bill should address the current crisis — but it can try to mitigate the next crisis, too.   As President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress gear up to pass an economic relief package, their most pressing task is addressing the recession. But some economists and activists are hoping Biden and other lawmakers will also take a longer view. The Covid-19 recession has revealed many structural problems in the economy. Vast socioeconomic and racial inequality. Insufficient support for parents, who have been asked to do much more as schools and child care close down. Low-wage workers deemed “essential” are paid very little while being asked to risk their health and lives to do their jobs. All of these problems preceded the pandemic, but Covid-19 magnified them. So some experts and advocates have called for an economic relief package to do more than just provide crucial temporary aid, including: 1) More automatic stabilizers. When the economy gets bad, Congress boosts...
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