Issue Position: Coronavirus Response

Issue Position

First, we need to make a plan for how we are going to safely return our kids to school. Many parents are going to find it impossible to work if we continue to keep our schools closed all day, every day. If we are going to ask kids to continue to do school at home, even part time, we need to make a more equitable distance learning plan for New Americans, families with limited access to the internet, and families whose kids have IEPs. We also need to make sure that kids who rely on school breakfast and lunch continue to be fed.

Next, we need to make sure that people have enough money to live on and stable housing. We need to expand unemployment benefits and put a moratorium on evictions for people whose income has been significantly reduced by this pandemic.

Finally, we need to do our best to expand access to mental health services. This is a hard time for all of us, and some of us will need more mental health care to get through it.

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