From Families Against Mandatory Minimums (http://famm.org/): The Department of Justice will no longer require people serving on CARES Act home confinement to return to prison en masse at the end of the pandemic! FAMM has been urging both the Biden and … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): At this moment, thousands of people safely completing their sentences at home are living in fear that they’ll be sent back to federal prison—through no fault of their own—due to a Trump-era memo. If the … Continued
From Families Against Mandatory Minimums (http://famm.org/): It’s been months since the Department of Justice OLC memo was issued with an incorrect legal conclusion that puts the status of thousands of families at risk. We need to turn up the heat and … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): We are delighted to have some very good news to share! This week a federal judge issued a blistering decision that temporarily stops Betsy DeVos from taking federal COVID-19 aid away from the poorest … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): When our economic security is crumbling, the last thing we need is a $135 billion tax break for millionaires. But hidden deep in the $2.2 trillion CARES Act was an obscure $135 billion tax break for … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Capital-Star (https://www.penncapital-star.com/): A new report has highlighted an inconsistency in federal assistance to states fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, with states with smaller populations and a smaller caseload receiving more assistance, per-capita, than states with larger populations and … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): It would be great if someone could snap their fingers and end the COVID-19 health and economic crisis on July 31st, but so far, magical thinking doesn’t seem to be doing the trick. Arbitrary dates are … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): Last week, the US Department of Education (USDE) approved Pennsylvania’s application for the commonwealth’s share of COVID-19 relief funding for schools in the CARES Act. The CARES Act will provide $523.8 million to Pennsylvania … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): As discussed on the previous calls, PHAN has compiled a briefing memo with state resources (available in Spanish here) that may be helpful during this time, as well as a briefing memo on the federal CARES Act (available in Spanish … Continued
April 2, 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Overview: The $2 trillion economic relief plan was signed into law by President Trump on Friday, March 27th. Its components include stimulus payments to individuals, expanded unemployment coverage, student … Continued