Help for the unemployed till they pass the bill

From OpenCongress Wiki

Revision as of 21:18, October 1, 2009 by Avelino Maestas (Talk | contribs)
Jump to: navigation, search


To All: This is a summary of what has been said up to 9-29-09.

  1. Call,email,fax,twitter,mail all Governors, Senators and the President.
    1. http://www.nelp.org/page/speakout/FedBensNow
    2. http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
  2. Write letters to local newspaper regarding the need for unemployment support.
  3. Possible ideas if Senators and the President refuses to listen to us such as one term limit, etc.


Contents

Updated News

Latest news, the week of September 28th:

9/29/09 3:30PM - No definite date yet for a vote, but latest posts on OC and "insider info" and notices on CSPAN seem to indicate Senate will vote on this bill sometime this week, with some sources saying most likely Wednesday or Thursday.

The current bill is EUC and not is retroactive. It starts after the bill is signed.

Individuals can qualify if they have exhausted all EUC and EB benefits.

Help for the unemployed

General support for the unemployed

(specific support for each state is listed below)

(Some may be out of funds).

Health care-related organizations

Housing and rental information

Check in your individual states if you're a renter (or will soon be!) for the "Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing" program. These ARRA funds are apparently just now (September) trickling out to the states and may be used up pretty quickly. Looks like only the hardest hit counties, in Florida for example[1], are giving out the rent money, but it's $300 million going out nationwide. [2]


Credit goes to Hope in cali!!

www.tenantstogether.org

State by state info

For more information on each state, find it on the Benefit Wiki.

Articles and resources

Sources

  1. ↑ http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/realestate/orl-money-stops-evictions-091909,0,5766334.storyfckLR
  2. ↑ http://rhodeisland.realestaterama.com/2009/09/25/hud-announces-31-million-in-recovery-act-funding-to-prevent-homelessness-in-rhode-island-ID072.html

OpenCongress resources

External resources

Retrieved from "http://www.opencongress.org/wiki/Help_for_the_unemployed_till_they_pass_the_bill"
Toolbox

OpenCongress is a joint project of the Participatory Politics Foundation and the Sunlight Foundation. Questions? Comments? Contact Us