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Prior to the pandemic, Bridgeport resident Maribel Nieves worked 28 hours a week as a home health aide. However, her hours were quickly cut when COVID began to rage through the state.
“Being a home health aide for 21 years, patients were scared for aides to go out to their homes. My hours got cut and my rent and bills started going up so I m backed up over a year or so in rent,” Nieves said.
And she’s not alone. The pandemic has hit American households in a multitude of ways. And low-income Americans, in particular, have found themselves short on cash, with nearly half of adults reporting trouble paying their bills. As temporary national and local eviction moratoriums are set to expire on June 30th, people are seeking aid more than ever.
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They say it takes a village to raise a child. What does that mean, exactly? That their community interacts with and supports them, which is crucial in helping that child grow in a safe and healthy environment. As a little girl in the Head Start program run by my local Community Action Agency, I had no way of knowing just how true this is and how it would come to shape the trajectory of my life. My mother’s first job was at Action for.
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