CCJ is a non-profit organization that uses its expertise on laws and policies affecting low income people to advocate for the rights and interests of our low-income clients. We work with low-income persons in the counties of Arenac, Bay Clare, Genesee, Gladwin, Gratiot, Huron, Isabella, Lapeer, Midland, Saginaw,
St. Clair, Sanilac and Tuscola. We also work in partnerhsip with community, faith-based and governmental organizations in these counties and throughout the state to achieve systemic improvements in the policies affecting low-income persons. We provide legal and technical assistance to advocates and organizations statewide on a variety of policy issues, especially those related to food and nutrition programs, healthcare programs, and economic self-sufficiency.
By providing legal and technical assistance to low-income people and their allies, CCJ ensures that low-income people in Michigan have greater access to basic needs services, particularly related to food and nutrition, healthcare, and income supports, and to opportunities for improved economic stability and self-sufficiency. CCJ collaborates with low income people and their allies to identify and address significant emerging issues through systemic advocacy strategies. CCJ is a recognized expert, both nationally and in Michigan, on the policies and procedures of many government programs that are critical for low-income persons in Michigan.
Mission: CCJ advocates for people in Michigan who need help meeting their basic needs. CCJ uses legal expertise, informed by the experiences of low income poeple, to monitor and improve public policy and access to governmental programs and services.
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Did you know one in four people aren’t registered to vote! We’re sure you’ll agree with us when we say that number is TOO HIGH. If you are not yet registered, what are you waiting for? It only takes two minutes! Visit https://bit.ly/2EDwKgv and get #VoteReady TODAY!
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Need assistance getting your stimulus check? IRS-certified volunteers can help you online at www.GetYourRefund.org/211 or over the phone through the 211 Economic Impact Payment Helpline (+1 844 322 3639).
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Health is about the whole body, including the mouth. Yet, millions of people in America cannot get the oral health care they need. Our current environment has put oral health care even further out of reach for many who already struggle to afford it. We can, and must, do better.
#mouthsmatter #oralhealth
Wage justice is racial justice. Wage justice is gender justice. As we mark #BlackWomensEqualPay Day today, we call on @NYGovCuomo to enact One Fair Wage tomorrow.
It’s #BlackWomensEqualPay Day. Rampant, blatant pay discrimination and occupational segregation harms not only Black women individually, but also their children, families, and communities as a whole — with consequences that can often impact families for generations. A @netrootsnation special event.
Tomorrow is #BlackWomensEqualPay Day, the day when Black women's wages finally catch up to what white non-hispanic men made in 2019. Join us tomorrow for a conversation with Tawanna Black and Shawntera Hardy on the sources of these pay inequities and how we move toward economic justice for Black women.
Everyone should have access to enough food to live a healthy life. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) provides essential support to more than 15 million families across the country facing hunger. But a new USDA rule would impose burdensome work requirements threatens access to these important benefits for thousands of people.
The new rule makes it more difficult for states to obtain waivers of a requirement that able-bodied adults without dependents work a certain number of hours to remain eligible for benefits. Further, the waiver eligibility criteria embraced by the new rule masks the impact of a history of racism and residential segregation, greatly prejudicing people of color, particularly Black people. This overly burdensome requirement disadvantages a population that already experiences significant barriers to work and will result in hunger and disproportionate suffering for Black and Brown people.
Everyone deserves enough food to lead a healthy life. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), is our nation’s most effective anti-hunger program and is an essential tool in the fight against poverty. Currently, SNAP recipients are limited to the very few USDA approved retailers for o...
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Distribución de Comida y Caja de Agua para el 8 de Agosto del 2020. ¡Favor de compartir!
Food and Water Box Distribution on August 8, 2020. Please share!
U.S. Census Bureau
The #2020Census impacts funding for the things that matter most. Your response impacts your parks, schools, and so much more. Learn more at 2020CENSUS.GOV.
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The Genesee County Continuum of Care, in proud partnership with MDHHS, GCCARD, Wellness Services, Catholic Charities, Family Promise, Salvation Army, LSEM and LHSA has been working to provide low and moderate income families and individuals with eviction prevention assistance.
Genesee County Community Action Resource Department
GCCARD is Offering Meet Up Eat Up - Lunch at 13 City of Flint Parks
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We are happy to release our Summer 2020 Nutrition Newsletter. Please, read and share for more information on how to implement the Child Nutrition Programs. https://mailchi.mp/1f6683624607/ccjs-summer-newsletter-5028065
Schools and sponsors that have previously operated the Summer Food Service Program or the Seamless Summer Option should consider serving meals while schools are closed. To get started, visit the Michigan Department of Education's website on serving meals during unanticipated school closures. Fo...
Today is the 155th Juneteenth, a day that celebrates the end of slavery, more than two years after Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. The holiday is often celebrated with community celebrations, but amidst the coronavirus pandemic it can be celebrated by buying from or donating to Black owned businesses or with a virtual celebration. CCJ is proud to celebrate Juneteenth and to continue in our work advocating against poverty and in doing so addressing the effects that have greatly affected Black people and communities of color.
#juneteenth #liftupblackvoices
Free Coronavirus Testing at the Latinx Technology & Community Center - Latinx Flint
Latinx Flint, in association with Genesee Health Systems, will be conducting COVID-19 screening tests Saturday, June 20 12:00pm - 3:00pm.
Senate leadership and the administration need to hear the urgency of boosting SNAP benefits — and they need to hear it in a profound way from every corner of the country. It is especially important that they hear it from Michigan. The more organizations we have signed on, the stronger our message becomes.
Add your name, here https://frac.salsalabs.org/heroes-snap-sign-on-may2020/index.html?eType=EmailConfirmation&eId=1f731cf2-2013-4006-b856-2b533cefca88&eType=EmailConfirmation&eId=1f731cf2-2013-4006-b856-2b533cefca88
Join Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), Feeding America, Center for American Progress (CAP), and other national, state, and community-based organizations across the country in signing a letter urging Congress and the White House to immediately boost Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNA...
Households eligible for Food Assistance Program benefits will receive additional benefits in June to bring all current SNAP cases to the maximum monthly allowance for that group size, the release states. This change only applies to customers not currently receiving the maximum benefit amount.
Michigan’s expanded food assistance program, which has benefited approximately 350,000 families in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is being extended through June.
As we fight the #COVID19 pandemic, unemployment will keep rising & more Americans will rely on SNAP (Food Assistance Program in MI, aka food stamps) to put food on the table. Congress can act now to help families by increasing #SNAP during the health crisis & economic downturn. #SNAPMatters https://youtu.be/u7eT4d97zjg
School lunches. Plans for highways. Support for firefighters and families in need. Census results affect your community every day.
COVID-19 Exposes Stark Inequalities Across U.S. As Thousands Struggle Daily To Find Food
‘It’s not only poor people standing in food lines, or going to food pantries and soup kitchens. Now you have the middle class and businesses that are suffering, too,’ one organizer said.
“Individuals who are homeless always face health risks, but the risk is so much greater because of COVID-19 — for them and for their communities,” Michigan Health and Human Services Director Robert Gordon said. “These hotel units can reduce infection rates and save lives.”
And there is still time to contact your member of Congress to ask for more funding for housing and homelessness in the next coronavirus relief package. Thank you Michigan Reps Debbie Dingell and Rashida Tlaib for signing on as co-signers!
#RentReliefNow
Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA), chair of the House Financial Services Committee, Representative Denny Heck (D-WA), and over seventy original cosponsors will soon introduce the “Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act” to provide $100 billion in emergency rental assis...
A child’s well-being should not be determined by their race, place or income, but data shows that this is the reality.
#KidscountMI
Our children--our future--deserve our best. Our data shows our successes as well as opportunities to do better. Let's always strive for policies that keep kids moving forward.
Check out local and state data here:
https://mlpp.org/kids-count/2020profiles/
#KidsCountMI
Not only does SNAP (Food Assistance Program in MI) feed millions of Michigan residents, it also stimulates the economy. The next stimulus package must include a boost to SNAP. #SNAPmatters https://www.cbpp.org/blog/temporary-snap-benefit-bump-a-no-brainer-for-more-economic-stimulus
Policymakers are appropriately considering additional stimulus measures in the face of mounting job losses and other dire economic signs due to COVID-19, and a top item on their list should be raising SNAP (food stamp) benefits as a way of injecting fast, high “bang-for-the-buck” stimulus into t...
The #2020Census only takes minutes and can help your community for the next 10 years. Respond online today at 2020CENSUS.GOV.
The #2020Census only takes minutes and can help your community for the next 10 years. Respond online today at 2020CENSUS.GOV.
SNAP serves as the nation's first line of defense against hunger. Take action today and ask your Members of Congress to strengthen SNAP in the next #COVID19 package.
SNAP serves as the nation's first line of defense against hunger. Take action today and ask your Members of Congress to strengthen SNAP in the next #COVID19 package: https://bit.ly/2yh6AwO #FRACFactFriday
Have you filled out your #2020Census? 70 million households have responded. Are you curious about the response rates in your community? Stay up to date with the Response Rate Map: https://2020census.gov/en/response-rates.html
How many people in your community have already responded to the 2020 Census? Keep track with this map of response rates.
Michigan has become the first state in the country to gain federal approval to offer Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) for students ages 5-18 who receive free or reduced-price lunch — even if they weren't SNAP eligible before.
P-EBT provides temporary funding to address emergency food needs and avert financial hardship for families affected by the pandemic.
The benefits will include $193.80 per eligible student to cover the months of March and April and an additional $182.40 per student to cover May and June combined. To learn when and how the benefits will be disbursed, please visit https://bit.ly/34pdtbo
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Wondering if you qualify for unemployment? The National Employment Law Project and Family Values at Work created this flowchart to help answer many common questions.
https://www.nelp.org/wp-content/uploads/FVAW-NELP-COVID-19-flow-chart-042020.pdf
New Guidance about COVID-19 Economic Impact Payments for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Beneficiaries
People who receive Social Security retirement, survivors, or disability insurance benefits and who did not file a tax return for 2018 or 2019 and who have qualifying children under age 17 should now go to the IRS’s webpage at www.irs.gov/coronavirus/economic-impact-payments to enter their information instead of waiting for their automatic $1,200 Economic Impact Payment. By taking proactive steps to enter information on the IRS website about them and their qualifying children, they will also receive the $500 per dependent child payment in addition to their $1,200 individual payment. If Social Security beneficiaries in this group do not provide their information to the IRS soon, they will have to wait to receive their $500 per qualifying child.
We’re committed to helping yout get your economic impact, or stimulus, payment as soon as possible. See if you are eligible for an Economic Impact Payment.
Federal law provides certain protections for recurring automatic debit payments. You have the right to stop a company from taking automatic payments from your account, even if you previously allowed them. For example, you may decide to cancel your membership or service with the company, or you might decide to pay a different way.
For more tips on how to protect you finances during the pandemic, visit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's website.
Federal, state, and local governments are working to respond to the growing public health threat of coronavirus, or COVID-19. The CFPB and other financial regulators have encouraged financial institutions to work with their customers to meet their community needs.
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As part of our health advocacy, CCJ offers a Helpline for our Healthcare Eligibility Law Project (HELP), where callers throughout the State can be advised on governmental health insurance programs and assistance in monitoring and correcting errors in eligibility calculations, policies and practices. 1-810-238-8053 - bi-lingual assistance is available.
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