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Marion County's economy lags behind much of the state. When many industrial jobs left the area, the Marion Correctional Institution became the area’s largest employer. Then, because of COVID-19, some prison employees found themselves temporarily unemployed.
“Different situations that are coming in," Price explains. "People who’ve been laid off, people who have had to take the two weeks off if they’ve been quarantined, with some employers not paying for those two weeks off."
Although there are more people in need, the Salvation Army is operating at a reduced capacity to try and protect employees from the virus.