Roughly 2,000 Denver families may soon receive one-time cash payments under a $3 million program being considered by the City Council primarily to help immigrant families impacted by the pandemic.
to the program last week, setting it up for a full vote before the body later this month.
The program would provide payments of between $1,000 and $1,500 to low-income families impacted by COVID-19 with at least one juvenile child at home and who meet other qualifications, like housing insecurity or living in certain areas of the city. The $3 million program will be paid for through federal COVID-19 recovery dollars and would be open through June 30, 2024.
While areas primarily in western and northern Denver are specifically named in the proposal, anyone in the city who can’t receive certain government assistance — as many immigrant families can’t — and otherwise qualifies would also be eligible, city officials told the council committee last week. The program would be similar to an effort that distributed millions of dollars to immigrant workers who lost their jobs during the pandemic. Between 1,800 and 2,200 Denver families are expected to be eligible for this latest program, Alexandra Bare, a services and contracts coordinator with the city’s Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs, told the committee last week. That includes 4,200 children, 1,200 of which are under the age of 5.
Officials also will survey those who receive the one-time payments to see how they spent the money, which, if approved, would be distributed by
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