There’s $6 million set aside to assist up to 1,000 Anderson County families with missed rent payments during the pandemic, and approximately $500,000 of that has been given out so far.
The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) is available to certain families to assist with rent and utility payments, and AIM Charities director Kristi King-Brock feels the organization is right on track with the disbursements.
“On Monday, we had 52 applications that had been processed and payments made, King-Brock said last week. We had 68 that were in the queue. More than 600 people have already submitted the pre-application and just haven t finished their application.
Pullman is home to, arguably, some of the deepest roots of college community, flowing with wheat fields, Cougar Gold cheese, Ferdinand’s ice cream and Coug pride.
But among us, living on College Hill and in our dorms, are students who are experiencing the realities of food scarcity.
In 2018, Whitman County was found to be the most food-insecure county in Washington with 13.4 percent of its citizens experiencing hunger, including students, according to Feeding America’s research. Although a large jump has been made to close that gap between the food-insecure and food-secure, COVID-19 has not helped those who work high-risk jobs to pay their bills.
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