Domestic workers and residents who have undocumented immigration status could be eligible to receive a one-time $500 payment from Chicago as part of the city’s coronavirus pandemic relief efforts.
The city’s Department of Family and Support Services is accepting applications for the Chicago Resiliency Fund 2.0, which will provide an estimated 17,000 residents who identify as domestic workers and undocumented immigrants with the one-time $500 payment, according to a news release.
Participants of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and immigrants who recently arrived within the past couple of months to seek asylum aren’t eligible for the funds, according to city officials.The city is aiming to reach Chicago households who were shut out of the federal stimulus checks that were distributed during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021.
Mixed-status households were initially excluded from receiving stimulus checks. During the second round of stimulus checks, the adult with legal status or who was a U.S. citizen was eligible to receive the money. However, the funds still excluded any undocumented family member, immigration advocates said at the time.
The city’s program defines a domestic worker as someone who has done work such as housekeeping, child care or caregiving for an average of eight hours per week in the last 12 months in a private home.
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