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D.C. expands vaccine eligibility to all but seeks to control appointments to boost equity Julie Zauzmer © Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser receives the first of two doses of the coronavirus vaccination from nurse Rishea Casselle at Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health on Jan. 25. As eligibility for the coronavirus vaccines expanded to all D.C. adults on Monday, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) made clear that the city will keep its focus on equity, despite demands from residents and businesses to open access as widely and quickly as possible. “We have a system that we know is equitable and is getting the vaccine out,” Bowser said in response to a question about the health department telling pharmacies not to dole out appointments on their own.
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After the pandemic took away Shardae Jenkins’s retail job, the 23-year-old single mother from Anacostia got behind on her bills and struggled to pay rent. She began wondering how she’d buy diapers for her one-year-old son. Then in August, some unexpected assistance arrived: $1,050 wired into her bank account the first of five monthly installments. The cash came with no rules, so Jenkins used it to pay creditors and purchase necessities. In a time of crisis, it was a critical source of stability.
Jenkins and her son are among the nearly 500 struggling families from the DC’s Ward 8 who have received an unrestricted monetary infusion through the Thrive East of the River partnership. This effort by four local nonprofits 11th Street Bridge Park, Martha’s Table, Bread for the City, and the Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative aims not just to ease pain caused by the pandemic but also to help change the way charitable assistance is provided.
Addressing Food Insecurity This Holiday Season
1 in 5 Black Women Don’t Have Enough to Eat
For many people in the United States, the holidays are a time of celebration centered around food and drink. Yet for millions of others in this country, food insecurity makes the season far less festive.
In fact, one in five Black women (20.1%) and one in six Latinas (16.5%) reported not having enough to eat in the past few months. That analysis comes from the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), which used U.S. Census Bureau data to examine women of color and food insecurity.
Since April 2020, about 24.7 million people (more than 1 in 10) reported not having had enough food to eat in the prior week, NWLC experts revealed. Black, non-Hispanic women and Latinas were more likely than white men or women to experience food insufficiency.
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