Daniel Moritz-Rabson

“I sat in my house, cried, prayed."

“People don’t feel safe. People keep on asking how to get into the hotel rooms that are popping up, because the shelters are a festering place."

“I live paycheck to paycheck. I have no savings, and I spent my tax return on supplies for my child and my elderly parents. I just want to survive.”

The sudden influx of unemployment claims as a result of COVID-19-related layoffs and furloughs has overwhelmed existing processes for filing claims.