State programs to help residents in times of difficulty are being tested as never before in the coronavirus pandemic and they are breaking under the strain. A project of the Ravitch Fiscal Reporting Program at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism is following the crisis in New York with the nonprofit news site The City, in Texas with the nonprofit news site the Texas Tribune, in Georgia with public radio station WABE and in Michigan with Crain’s Detroit Business.
New York Jobless Face New Woes With End of $600 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
As evictions resume in Texas, unemployed renters have few options
Texans struggle to find work in the Rio Grande Valley, where unemployment has nearly tripled
NYC Health Clinics Brace for a Flood of New and Old Patients
How Georgia’s Unemployment Benefits Have Changed During The Pandemic
They lost their jobs and insurance in the pandemic. Now they’re slipping through Texas’ health care safety net.
Unemployed New Yorkers Cling to Fragile Pandemic Safety Net
$4.6 billion unemployment fund will last only months at current burn rate
How laid-off Michigan workers can collect unemployment and go back to work part time
Language barriers, absence of bank loans leave Latino small-business owners struggling
Georgia’s Stressed Health Care ‘Safety Net’ Could Sway Voters
Pandemic—Briefly—Interrupts Georgia’s Steady Eviction System
Texas had plans to replace its outdated unemployment system. The coronavirus pandemic hit first
