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  2022-06-01

  Little Rock and Relief

  This article details the $19 million dollars in aid Arkansas' capital received from the federal government. As part of the American Rescue Plan, many larger cities are receiving direct aid from the federal government and Little Rock previously received $18.8 million in May of 2021. The city has decided to allocate much of the funds to improving public works, renovations, and policing. It is interesting to see just how excessively covid impacted cities and the extreme necessity of federal aid. It is particularly beneficial when state legislatures have failed to provide money for needed refurbishment. However, payouts such as this begs the question: who will pay?
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  2020-06-15

  "Art World Coronavirus Tracker"

  This Artforum article lists the Rescheduled and Canceled Events in 2020 as of June 15, 2020. It also includes funds and organizations working to help artists and art institutions in addition to museum and gallery closures and those open for appointments.
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  2020-05-01

  Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust awards $750,000 to support Banner Health during COVID-19

  A press release from Banner health announcing that the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust has awarded an unrestricted grant of $750,000 to the Banner Health Foundation. Banner leadership has chosen to allocate these funds to the Supporting Our Staff (SOS) Fund to help its health care workforce during this challenging time.
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  2020-10-16

  Distance Learning Submission- FY2021

  Arizona Department of Education authorizes distance learning with the passage of Executive Orders 2020-41, 2020-44, 2020-51. Students that are participating in online instruction "...shall be treated as pupils participating in Arizona Online Instruction for funding purposes." In this context, COVID-19 has impacted, on an economic level, the fabric of everyday life- down to gathering statistical data and reporting student attendance for online education for the purpose of funding virtual education, not brick-and-mortar institutions.
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  2021-04-02

  The Lost Year: How the Pandemic Changed a Generation of Students

  Time magazine explores the effects COVID-19 has had on students, especially those who spent their last year in High School dealing with quarantine and virtual learning.
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  2021-04-06

  U.S. Vaccination Eligibility Expanding on April 19, 2021

  With a goal of 200 million vaccine shots by the 100th day in office, President Biden announced that the deadline (May 1) for eligibility will move up to April 19. Actions to vaccinate the country are speeding up. This motion will open up eligibility to “90% of adults”. States such as New Jersey, South Dakota and Nebraska plan to expand that eligibility to 16 and older even sooner to the deadline. Naturally, part of the process is to market the vaccine to the general public, especially to the ones hesitant to get the vaccine. That funding is coming from the COVID-19 economic relief package ($1.9 trillion).
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  2021-03-16

  Student enrollment is declining...where have Arizona Students gone?

  This article highlights the declining enrollments of students in Arizona and their absence, so too does the funding disappear. According to the featured article, the combination of an approximate loss of 10% percent of the student population coupled with a drastic cut in the funding levels has significantly impacted the financial operations and organization of public school districts. The enrollment loss is mostly concentrated on the elementary levels, yet a notable loss of enrollment in high schools is of some concern. Declining enrollment not only affects the students' ability to develop important critical thinking and life skills, but in-person instruction should aid the student in recognizing the workload that comes with advanced degrees and education. Another option offers students the ability to learn through the hybrid instructional model.
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  2021-03-27

  hermit HERALD, ISSUE 106

  Biden $3 trillion Build Back Better plan
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  2020-09-22

  Unintended Consequences Part II

  This article, "From Equality to Global Poverty: How Covid-19 is Affecting Societies and Economies," includes much information. It covers things like the fact that millions of kids may not ever go back to school after this. The article talks about how poverty has increased since the outbreak and how clean energy progress has stalled. The article ends by talking about the investments needed. But all in all there is a lot of important information here on unintended consequences.
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  2021-03-21

  "The American Rescue Plan Act – the largest bump in child care funding since World War II."

  The pandemic has created an increasing issue in employment rates, and those with children to care for have continued to struggle. "Black and Brown women have lost the most economically, and women in general have been forced to leave the workforce." These women are forced to sacrifice even more just to have basic child care. Hopefully, the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) can help financially support these families and services with "nearly $4Billion in child care funding" headed California's way. These funds are being split into two categories. One is towards the child care industry (including staff salaries, safety practices, and supplies), while the other is towards families and child care providers. The legislators are aiming to provide more equal policies and services to all Californians. It's in no way going to solve everyone's child care problems, but it's a start.
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  2020-09-29

  Pandemic Highlights Deep-Rooted Problems in Indian Health Service

  This article illuminates the lack of resources the Indian Health Service (IHS) received from the government to treat its tribal members who contract COVID-19. The IHS blames the Federal government and both current and past presidential administrations for creating the massive deficiencies in ventilators, PPE, hospital beds, and funding for government-run hospitals. This piece provides an example of how COVID-19 highlights the continued healthcare inequalities between non-tribal and tribal communities, thus making it important to contribute to the JOTPY archive.
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  2020-12-10

  Tweet: Safe Schools Plan Second Round of Funding

  Today, our government announced $37.5 million in approved funding for classroom expenses to keep staff and students safe in schools. This is in addition to the $51 million in funding that was announced in September. Learn more at https://saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2020/december/10/safe-schools-plan-more-than-$37-million-allocated-to-school-divisions-in-second-round-of-funding
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  2020-12-07

  Canadian companies that received CEWS and kept paying a dividend

  This graph shows Canadian corporations who received CEWS but continued to pay dividends to their shareholders.
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  2020-12-09

  Basic Income as Economy Kickstart

  This article discusses new interest in introducing a universal basic income to Canada, and how it could help the economy.
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  2020-12-03

  GoToトラベル　来年中ごろまで延長する方針(2020年12月3日)- GoTo Travel, extend until mid-next year (December 3, 2020)

  Go To travel has been something I’ve been submitting to this archive. In order to boost up the economy, Japan has supported people who will be traveling by paying up to half of the traveling fee. Personally, this I think really caused the second wave of COVID-19 in Japan, but people still want to travel because it is cheap using the government’s support. 最大で旅行代金の半額相当が支援されるGoToトラベルについて、政府は来年中ごろまで延長する方針を固めました。 　GoToトラベルはこれまで1月までの旅行を対象としていましたが、政府関係者によりますと、これを来年中ごろまで延長する方針で、8日に取りまとめる緊急経済対策に盛り込むことにしています。ただ、Go Toトラベルが終わった際に旅行の需要が激減することを防ぐため、現在、最大で35％となっている割引率を段階的に引き下げることや受け取ることができる地域共通クーポンの金額の見直しなどを検討するということです。 The government has decided to extend Go To Travel, which supports up to half the travel price, until mid-next year. Go To Travel has been targeted for travel until January, but according to government officials, it is planned to extend this until the middle of next year, and it will be included in the emergency economic measures to be summarized on the 8th. However, in order to prevent the demand for travel from dropping drastically when Go To Travel is over, they will gradually reduce the discount rate, which is currently up to 35%, and review the amount of regional coupons that can be received. Video translated by Youngbin Noh
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  2020-11-12

  Don't Defund the Police

  In this article, author Paul Boyer discusses the lack of logic behind the Defund the Police movement and asks who really would benefit from a decreased police presence. The article makes some sound points and raises important questions that many might not have even considered.
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  2020-09-27

  How Corona Affected Me

  Over 60% of Nevada's revenue comes from Gaming Taxes and Sales Taxes so when everything was shutdown because of the virus our revenue became unstable so large budget cuts were made to education as well as other areas. The education cuts are what concern me the most; not only am I directly affected but so is my community. Nevada is 45th in the U.S. for education so it shows that we will only be going down from that point. Those large breaks in education are significantly impactful for younger children whose brains are still developing.
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  2020-11-07

  Positive Chapter 31 Decision Letter During COVID-19

  Upon receiving this letter, I was overwhelmed with joy and excitement. 30 years in the military sacrificing time with family, friends, and myself have offered me an opportunity to complete and extend my education. Something that I have always wanted to accomplish but could not because of career choices and defending our country. The attachment to this email is the “Decision Letter” that explains the criteria of how the VA has determined my grant into the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Benefits. It was great news receiving this letter, but receiving it comes after my summer registration and start of class.
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  2020-11-01

  How Will I Pay for My Master’s as a Retired Reservist with No Income?

  After graduating with an undergrad in History in the fall of 2019, my goal was to continue my education in Public History. A Graduate Program had opened recently at St. Mary’s University in my hometown of San Antonio TX. That meant that I did not have to commute to Texas State that was approximately 65 miles away, and an hour drive with no traffic – maybe two hours, or more with traffic. I had exhausted my GI Bill Chapter 33 and did not know how I was supposed to fund my continuing education. My loans were adding up and I was not sure of registering for my master’s degree. Talking with the school’s VA office I was encouraged to contact the Veterans Administration to speak with some one that worked with the Vocational Rehab department; that is something that I had already pursued prior to this event, and I was denied service. This is an email shared between me and a VA representative in the middle of 2020. Communication during the Covid-19 pandemic, and summer vacations was making things tough to complete. With the start of these events I was hoping for financial support for my summer II class.
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  2020-08-25

  Teaching in a Pandemic

  My mom has always been an elementary teacher and is finally nearing retirement. The pandemic has been a great challenge for her to adapt to. Her school year started with online instruction before moving to in-person learning later on. As a lifelong teacher, the adjustment to online teaching has been incredibly different and difficult for her. Especially considering the lack of support from the school and the district. The setup in the picture was jury-rigged together using materials that were already owned in order to try and provide the best learning experience for the students. Arizona State University HST485
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  2020-09-21

  We get more followers in times of crisis’: As pandemic limits in-person action, activism goes digital

  PHOENIX – Civil rights marches. Anti-war protests. Rallies against gun violence. Public demonstrations historically have involved the “mass mobilization of bodies,” according to Tiera Rainey, program director for the Tucson Second Chance Community Bail Fund and an organizer with Black Lives Matter Tucson. But when the novel coronavirus struck, prompting warnings against crowds and close contact, Arizona’s new reality of social distancing forced organizers to rethink that framework.
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  2020-09-02

  Experts fear pandemic could spur dramatic spike in homelessness

  PHOENIX – For more than three decades, André House just west of downtown has provided food, showers, temporary housing and other services to Arizonans experiencing homelessness or poverty. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of families seeking such services has almost doubled, said Ash Uss, the faith-based nonprofit’s coordinator of advocacy and partnerships. “We have had families who show up and say, ‘I was just evicted,’ or ‘I’m about to be evicted,’ or ‘We’re living out of our car,’” Uss said. “The need is greater than it ever was.” On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention implemented a nationwide temporary eviction moratorium through the end of the year to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Under the order, landlords cannot evict renters who meet certain conditions: “exhausted their best efforts to pay rent, seek Government rental assistance, and are likely to become homeless due to eviction,” according to a statement from the White House. However, the latest efforts may have little impact for those already struggling to secure housing. A July report from University of Arizona researchers suggests the spike in people seeking homeless services at André House and elsewhere in metro Phoenix may be just the beginning. Researchers found the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic shutdown could increase the state’s homeless population – about 11,000 as of January – by 16% to 42%. “I think everybody needs to take this very seriously,” said Claudia Powell, associate director of the university’s Southwest Institute for Research on Women and co-author of the report, which put the number of at-risk renters at 365,000. “It will be a bigger crisis than we can imagine if we don’t act soon.”
• 2020-09-20

  ‘We help with loneliness’: With cultural center temporarily shuttered, Iranian American Society of Arizona works to maintain ‘sense of community’ online

  by Jessica Myers for the Luce Foundation: Southwest Stories Fellowship
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  2020-09-14

  ‘We get more followers in times of crisis’: As pandemic limits in-person protests, organizers digitize activism

  by Jessica Myers for the Luce Foundation: Southwest Stories Fellowship
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  2020-09-01

  ‘We all need to brace ourselves’: Experts fear pandemic could spur dramatic spike in homelessness

  By Jessica Myers | Luce Foundation: Southwest Stories Fellowship
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  2020-08-05

  Many Navajos face pandemic without running water, tribal members urged to ‘lift each other up’

  By McKenzie Allen-Charmley/Luce Foundation: Southwest Stories Fellowship
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  2020-04-26

  Volunteer Emergency Responders Face a Dilemma: Save Lives or Stay Safe

  Across the country, volunteer fire and EMS services are facing a dangerous choice during the COVID-19 pandemic, save the lives of others or stay safe. With a lack of funding for many of these departments, proper PPE is a luxury many do not have access to. Among workers in the healthcare field, volunteer members are seeing the highest rates of infection.
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  April 13, 2020

  COVID-19 creates some challenges for volunteer fire departments

  Fire departments are now having trouble holding fundraiser events for equipment and fire engines and training sessions have moved to online.
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  2020-05-11

  "Lankford Announces Continued Financial Support for Oklahoma Tribes Amid COVID-19 Pandemic"

  "Senator James Lankford (R-OK) issued details after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced a path forward for Coronavirus Relief Funds to Oklahoma Tribal nations. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provided $8 billion to respond to the coronavirus preparedness, response, and recovery for American Indians and Alaska Natives. Lankford spoke with the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney about the allocations provided to the Bureau of Indian Affairs through the CARES Act to Oklahoma tribes today. Lankford plans to continue conversations with Secretary Mnuchin this week on the status of disbursements and the impacts of the Coronavirus Tribal Relief Fund dollars."
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  2020-07-24

  Rapid relief grants aid Arizona's vulnerable populations

  ASU Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict receives $150K to help groups serving communities hit hard by pandemic In Arizona, some of the communities hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic have been the same communities whose plight often goes unnoticed — refugees, asylum-seekers, DACA recipients, mixed-status migrants and Native American tribes. In a move that is new to the Arizona State University Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, it has been able to award grants ranging from $3,000 to $10,000 to 13 separate organizations serving the state’s most vulnerable communities, after receiving $150,000 in funding from the Henry Luce Foundation.
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  2020-06-10

  KEEPERS OF THE EARTH FUND SUPPORTS INDIGENOUS-LED COVID-19 RESPONSES

  "Cultural Survival is responding to the needs of Indigenous Peoples in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic."
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  2020-06-23

  Siblings bring much needed relief to Hopi villages

  "Thomas Kaye and Kiona Arellanes deliver supplies to Mishongnovi on the Hopi reservation as part of the mission of the Hopi Relief Fund. "
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  2020-07-01

  "COVID Task Force releases project details for CARES Act funding"

  "The Osage Nation received its third and final payment of funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act on June 26. In total, the Nation received, $44,879,813. The 16-person COVID Task Force, made up of ON employees, has released a narrative and final implementation plan for the money. Housing Director James Weigant, the task force’s coordinator, said it was important to focus on COVID response since the funding has strict guidelines."
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  2020-06-30

  Funding Received

  Announcement by the West End Museum in Boston that they have received funding from the National Endowment of the Humanities through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020. The post discusses what the museum hopes to do with these funds, and how the funds will support them and their staff during the pandemic. As museums struggle to remain financially solvent through closures, grants and other funds have become a vital lifeline. This is especially true for small institutions that lack the large funds of major institutions.
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  2020-06-24

  Pres. Trump Was Not Joking About 'Slowing Testing Down'

  This video fact checks Trumps statements about Covid-19 Testing. He has mentioned that he wants to slow down covid-19 testing.
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  2020-06-24

  Congresswoman DeGette Press Release, Funding for Covid research, bipartisan

  Excerpt from press release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – While coronavirus-related research is now in overdrive, most other research has been slowed down or stopped altogether due to pandemic-induced closures of campuses and laboratories. Now, tens of thousands of graduate students, postdocs, principal investigators and other technical support staff are at risk of losing their employment and their work without federal relief. Additionally, with this research stopped, America may lose the benefits that come with new technologies and scientific insights.
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  2020-05-28

  "Delaware Nation Official Statement"

  "Currently, we are working on emergency assistance programs that will assist qualifying tribal citizens. The guidelines and application process for these programs will provide the Tribe with the needed documentation to support our expenditures and keep us in compliance and good standing with the funding sources."
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  2020-05-23

  Caddo Tribal Chairman Addresses Community About the Status of CARES Act Funding

  “The CARES Act funding may be utilized for documented needs that fall between the dates of March 1 - Dec. 31, 2020. The Caddo Nation Council has deemed a $1,000 cap per household, for each enrolled Caddo Nation head of household. The topic of allowing each individual tribal member to receive a "stimulus" or "per capita" payment had been mentioned but based on the CARES Act distribution guidelines, through the U.S. Treasury Department, the tribe would be liable to repayment of the funds to the U.S. Treasury Department based on negligent use should this method be considered.”
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  2020-05-30

  “The Top U.S. Coronavirus Hot Spots Are All Indian Lands”

  “If Native American tribes were counted as states, the five most infected states in the country would all be native tribes, with New York dropping to No. 6, according to a compilation by the American Indian Studies Center at U.C.L.A.”
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  2020-05-26

  Elizabeth Warren and Deb Haaland Criticize Federal Responses to Pandemic in Indian Country as “COVID-19 Ravages Native Americans”

  “For generations, the federal government has failed to honor its promises to Native American people. Now, covid-19 is ravaging Native communities, killing young people and elders alike, and devastating tribal economies. We are fighting in Congress to ensure that sovereign Native nations have the resources needed to protect the health and well-being of their citizens during this pandemic. The novel coronavirus’s terrible impact in Indian Country underscores that the federal government must live up to its unique legal and moral obligations to Native nations and act as a partner to help build security and resiliency for the future.”
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  2020-05-17

  INC helps tribal communities in Yakutia (ИНК помогает родовым общинам в Якутии)

  "Irkutsk Oil Company LLC, despite the crisis in the industry, provided assistance to tribal communities of small peoples of the north, public and cultural organizations of Yakutia."
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  2020-05-14

  Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation Decide to Disperse CARES Act Funding to Individual Tribal Citizens

  “The Goshute Business Council approved an economic support program under the allowable allocation of funds guideline from the United States Treasury Department, the provision of economic support in connection with the COVID-19 public health emergency.”
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  2020-04-29

  Winnebago Tribe Issues “No Mask No Service” Order

  “April 29, 2020 the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska has instituted an Order for Protection of Public Health and Safety involving the use of Face Masks or Cloth Face Coverings. Vice-Chairman John Snowball who advocated and supports wearing a facemask in the community stated, ‘No Mask No Service. I think it will be well received by our community and I would feel a lot safer with this measure in place.’”
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  2020-04-21

  Government's Māori Covid-19 Response All Words, No Action

  "A Māori Touchstone Group would be formed to advise the government on its Covid-19 Māori response, and the ministry would partner with iwi to develop Covid-19 response strategies, and conduct surveillance and monitoring of Māori across district health boards (DHB)." As we emerge from this pandemic, we must be guided by the examples and teachings of Indigenous Peoples practicing reciprocal obligations of responsibility to do everything possible to ensure that Nature can continue to thrive.”
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  2020-05-29

  Middle School - Final Staff Meeting, Budget Cuts, & Student Population

  Staff Meeting 5/29/2020 Agenda: Wrap up the year Reflection: Today we learned that our Title 1 funding will not be increased and most will be cut for the next year. We are losing 2 staff members because of this cut and that leaves us in a place where we need to find elective classes for 240 students next year. We additionally lost another elective teacher this year as her funding was moved towards an instructional coach position. Middle schools are also in a unique situation right now as we are experiencing a drop in our attendance numbers. This drop is because our students right now were born during the economic recession of 2008 and the years immediately following. The 2008 recession is credited with a drop in the birth rate from 2008 to 2010. There were tears on our meeting as teachers are frustrated with our system moving forward. Our district was very fortunate to have the finances to weather this original economic storm but as we look forward we have learned that we don’t have the money to keep everyone on staff.
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  2020-04

  "I don't think that it has really affected it that much..."

  "I don't think that it has really affected it that much um other than a positive way. I mean it always uh ur it made me feel strong in my faith and to uh trust that you know my higher power has a plan and that we will be able to get through this um through the practice of my beliefs."
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  2020-04

  "Um... I wouldn't say my beliefs or faith have been changed in any way."

  "Um... I wouldn't say my beliefs or faith have been changed in any way. Um... the way that I practice my faith has been changed. So, instead of going to church every Sunday, we kinda watch online um but other than that I would say it's just as strong as before."
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  2020-04-01

  Karuk Tribe Provides Tribal Members Emergency Services for Up to Four Months

  Coronavirus Covid-19 crisis services "will be provided up to 4 months, but may change depending on the length of this crisis."
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  2020-05-04

  Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates Institute of Museum and Library Services

  One of the major grant funding agencies for library and museum projects has extended deadlines for grant applications and has instituted other flexibilities.
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  2020-04-24

  Church donations have plunged because of the coronavirus. Some churches won’t survive.

  During the COVID-19 pandemic, churches are being hit hard. They are facing a decrease in donations, making it difficult for them to stay afloat. This is due to their masses being cancelled or moved online. Congregations are beginning to make difficult decisions of whether or not to close their doors or cut the work of their staff. #REL101