Feb. 3, 2021
After starting at Hampton University, Amber Wynne quickly realized that many of her fellow students had trouble acquiring basic menstrual products. But she didn’t know just how profound the issue was until the coronavirus hit.
Wynne, a 21-year-old studying health-science policy administration at the historically Black university in Virginia, had been spearheading a proposal to increase access to menstrual products at the school, where she said availability was limited. But as widespread stay-at-home orders depleted supplies of basic necessities from store shelves when the coronavirus hit, Wynne’s peers began reaching out to her for help.
Wynne began distributing menstrual products through an emergency reproductive health hotline, a student-driven initiative which offers
Unemployed Floridians reporting benefit payments suddenly cut after PUA program extension
Once some claims were replenished after the PUA program extension was implemented, many have been bumped down to $125 weekly payments. Author: Josslyn Howard Updated: 11:37 PM EST January 21, 2021
Some unemployed Floridians on the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program are reporting they are back to receiving benefits, but they are receiving the wrong amount.
“I was frustrated,” said Amber Wynn. “It just seems like it’s one thing after another.”
Before benefits temporarily expired on Dec. 26, Wynn was receiving $244 per week in benefits.
Once her claim was replenished after the PUA program extension was implemented, she’s been bumped down to $125.