Cash is the most efficient form of relief during the COVID-19 crisis, say the architects of a new program that provides more than $5,000 to low-income D.C. families, no strings attached. It was just a matter of time before some families in D.C. started to run out of cash, once the coronavirus began to spread.
Dozens of low-income families served by Martha’s Table lost their jobs practically overnight. Kim R. Ford, president and CEO of the nonprofit education and food assistance provider, began hearing from D.C. parents within days of the first confirmed local COVID-19 case in March. Many had […]
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