American Rescue Plan

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Ben Crump Black Farmers
October 12, 2022
The Biden administration reacted to the lawsuit filed by Black farmers with a statement from the United States Department of…
July 30, 2022
$40 million was categorized as tourism aid in a 2021 year-end American Rescue Plan report submitted to the Treasury Department.
January 24, 2022
Tax professionals lay out important tips to keep in mind for filers, especially as it relates to 2021's child tax…
President Joe Biden
October 21, 2021
Biden-Harris administration unveils initiative aimed at addressing educational and economic gaps that have plagued Black Americans.
October 17, 2021
Cities are hoping to loosen some federal pandemic relief rules in order to access funding for various projects.
October 2, 2021
Alabama’s plan to use almost 20% of its American Rescue funds for prison construction drew criticism from some congressional Democrats.
August 15, 2021
The Biden administration has offered to use federal relief funds to replace financial penalties incurred by Florida K-12 school districts.
ambulance thegrio.com
August 4, 2021
The U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services is taking steps to help states with community-based mobile crisis intervention services.
A child sitting on a chalk mural on the sidewalk
July 15, 2021
The expanded Child Tax Credit will be distributed in monthly installments to eligible American families with children starting July 15.
July 5, 2021
Black farmers appear not to be fully confident in Biden’s efforts to fix the decades-long biased they continue to face.
June 24, 2021
The program was already on a temporary hold due to a restraining order in a separate lawsuit from another white…
May 21, 2021
The support payments for minority farmers, expected to begin in early June, provide $4 billion for the USDA to pay…
Black Family
May 17, 2021
For the first time, families with children in the US are eligible to receive monthly child tax credit payments starting…
May 16, 2021
Delaware State University cancelled $700,000 in student loans for graduates affected by the pandemic through funds for COVID-19 relief.
stimulus thegrio.com
April 30, 2021
Economists are attributing a record rise in household income in March to the stimulus check rolled out under the American…
U.S. President Joe Biden
April 8, 2021
Sign-ups for Obamacare among Black Americans saw a noticeable jump since Congress passed President Biden's American Rescue Plan.
March 26, 2021
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge met with civil rights leaders during an hour-long virtual meeting on Thursday.
Cedric Richmond
March 20, 2021
Cedric Richmond spoke with theGrio regarding the passage of the American Rescue Plan and its greater implications within the Black…
Black Farmer thegrio.com
March 13, 2021
"In order for us to have an equitable and a fair USDA, it's necessary for us to address that gap,"…
March 9, 2021
The massive coronavirus relief plan President Joe Biden’s desk includes a plan to temporarily raise the child tax credit.