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... , which was partially met with $8 billion from the CARES Act. Calls for increased funding reflected already deep-seated health and economic disparities facing tribal, Indigenous, and Native American communities, who never fully recovered from the Great Recession of 2007–2009.
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... These trends mask the full influence of federal pandemic provisions on poverty rates before and during the pandemic. CPSP also provides descriptive trends on monthly poverty rates relative to the implementation of expanded UI benefits, EITC receipt, and the monthly distribution of the CTC.
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... (Between February and April 2020 the labor force participation rate dipped from 63.3% to 60.1%.) Relatedly, unemployment rates have also improved, including across workers with different levels of education.
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... . Unlike cash transfers, safety net programs often have greater administrative requirements by typically requiring recipients to access resources through an agency or caseworker.
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... . The exclusion of immigrants from government-sponsored provisions, with few exceptions, was a cornerstone of the nation's 1997 welfare reform overhaul of the safety net, and it has continued with exclusions from monthly CTC and stimulus payments during the pandemic.
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... to 380 percent of the federal poverty line in Iowa, although 30 states allowed for presumptive eligibility for pregnant people. Few states had or have either paid family leave or paid sick day mandates or programs.
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... Conclusion 6-3: There is a plethora of research on the positive work and family effects of both federal and state-sponsored paid family leave and paid sick leave programs, with limited negative effects on businesses. Conclusion 6-4: The costs of essential goods have risen since the be ginning of the pandemic, suggesting an especially difficult economic recovery for low-income families that struggled prior to the pandemic.


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