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"I am constantly worrying": Families battle food insecurity and eviction fears during pandemic
There are signs the surging coronavirus pandemic is pushing more even people out of work. In the last week, 853,000 workers filed for unemployment benefits — the third increase in the last four weeks. It comes as critical aid programs are about to expire, with millions of families struggling to survive.
Claudia Guillen took her son Jose Landaverde to get groceries — not to a supermarket, but a food bank in east Boston. Jose came out with three bags of charity to feed the family of six.
"The food that is donated goes a long way for ... to make sure that we don't starve," his sister, Kimberly Landaverde, told CBS News.