There are dividing lines when it comes to how families are weathering the pandemic: Those living in big cities, those making less than $100,000 a year, and Latino and Black families are faring worst.
by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The poll finds nearly half the households in America — 46% — report facing serious financial pain during the pandemic. It is a problem that is more acute in the four largest U.S. cities, and among Latino and Black households. Hundreds of billions in government stimulus and other support did not make an apparent dent in their struggles.
credit cards. Many, like Maclin, also say their health has worsened after medical care they needed was put off. A lot of people facing multiple health and financial problems have been turning to the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles in recent months. The nonprofit helps low-income families on a range of issues, from employment and housing to medical benefits."There is a minimum of at least three issues per phone call, whether it is housing insecurities ... because of their loss of job, or they're dealing with food insecurity," says Ronnette Ramos, a managing attorney at the foundation.
"I mean, I have an MBA and I have two certifications, but I'm struggling still," says Cooper, 60, who moved in with his elderly mother in Alexandria, La. He finally landed a government accounting job making about $40,000 a year — half what he used to make. He says it would be terrifying to be without a job right now, because of his age and his race.
But for some, including Alvaro Castro, 58, financial hardship is a new experience. The married father of two was born in Colombia and for three decades has lived in a suburb of Miami. He made more than $100,000 a year, until he lost his job as a television producer last September. It was April before he found steady work as a contractor, making less than he had earned previously.
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