Social safety net? More like social safety NOT! Three Covid-era programs keeping families above water will expire next month.
by Kelly Weill, MomLeft
On October 1, a federal program that has kept child care centers from collapse will run out of money. A federal food program for children and mothers is also set to experience dramatic budget cuts that day. Also, student loans repayments will resume for the first time in three years.
Covid-19 is over. Not literally—cases of the virus are back on the rise—but in the expiration of Covid-era financial aid. The social safety net that lawmakers unfurled in 2020 and early 2021 has been unraveling ever since its introduction. Already, programs like eviction moratoriums, expanded child tax credits, and free school lunches look like relics of a more compassionate moment.
Next on the chopping block are Covid-era programs that fund child care, feed children, and pause student loan payments. Their disappearance next month is a broadside against working families, leaving some worse off than before the pandemic.
Recent Posts
Now It Can Be Told… After All The Harm Has Been Done
Take Action Now Written by a former Kabul bureau chief for the Times, the article appeared under a headline saying that “U.S.-backed militias” in…
The U.S. Should Restore Normal Relations With Cuba
Take Action NowPresident Trump’s decision to roll back our opening with Cuba was disastrous. As he takes office again, he should reconsider.……
Democrats Have Boxed Themselves In As A War Party
Take Action NowDuring Biden’s term, Democrats have become the party promoting war and overseas conflict.By Norman Solomon,…
The War On Terror’s Legal Abuses Are Still With Us Today
Take Action NowFrom the global War on Terror to Donald Trump’s second term, a legacy of legal abuses.By Karen J. Greenberg,…