(Video) Updated Info to Help Indiana's Unemployed as Unemployment Benefits Extension Stalls
Hoosiers Call 2-1-1 Center to Get Food, Rent and Other Aid
Those without unemployment benefits are desperately looking for jobs, not just for months, but for a year or longer. Even though Indiana has been listed as among the most affordable cities in the country by Forbes, calls for aid are at record highs.
People are hurting here, and are scared because even the traditional sources of support in Indiana are falling short of funds. As a parent with children in Township schools, I know that requests for free school lunches are soaring - and this is in one of the "most affordable" cities. Now, families can't even afford the very low cost of school lunches.
Check out the video below for information about how to reach 2-1-1 Connect to Help, and where to find possible aid if you can't pay your rent, find food or need other assistance. Since phone lines are busy (and that is an understatement), be prepared to wait.
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35 Comments
Post a CommentGood report. And by October, it is even worse...
So many not eligible for unemployment that are still actively seeking jobs. Been bad here in Muncie for a long while, even Ball State has a hiring freeze on all but the "most essential" employees.
Great information here Jan.
It passed the Senate, I know. The House will be no problem. Some people have already received 99 weeks of unemployment while others were terminated at 26 weeks. Does this only apply to the ones with 26 weeks and a termination? The employment picture is really terrible here, too. At least, UC benefits are a real stimulus for real people--unlike the bank, insurance, and auto company bailouts which were theft.
I think the bill just passed to extend it. I live in an area where it's still at 13.7 percent. That doesn't take into consideration all the illegals that don't file or have moved. (You can see the difference in the population since the economic downturn when you go to the grocery. Previously, there were a higher concentration of Spanish speaking people in the grocery than English speaking. Today, I seldom hear anyone speaking spanish.)
Hope the people who need this see it.
Sounds frightening.
This will change the closer to the fall election we get. Watch.
The Best of AC--showing the grass roots effect of all the bickering.
Jan, wonderful information. Good job, cheers :)