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Thousands of Chicago residents apply for chance to receive $500 for 12 months: ‘There’s a lot of need’
Chicago.suntimes ^
| 05/03/2022
| Elvia Malagón
Posted on 05/04/2022 2:10:54 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
For nearly two months, Maria Torres has lived day by day on $200 a week from her job while she recovers from a medical procedure.
The single mother is now three months behind on her $900 monthly rent, but she said she’s hopeful a new program that would provide some residents with $500 monthly payments for 12 months can help her stay afloat.
She walked into the basement of St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Pilsen last week as Rush University Health Center workers helped her and others apply for the program. Torres doesn’t know how to operate a computer and needed help filling out the application.
“I don’t have a lot of money to pay my rent,” Torres said in Spanish. She said she had to miss work during the pandemic when her 8-year-old son had to stay home. “I only get $200 and that’s not enough. I ask God — we are inside a church and from here I ask — to help me, to choose me for the $500.”
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: apply; chicago; residents; thousands
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Doesn't speak English? All I need to know.
To: ChicagoConservative27
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posted on
05/04/2022 2:13:11 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
To: ChicagoConservative27
Given Chicago has literally become a sh*thole under LightfootIdiot, surprised there were not more that ‘applied’......../s
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posted on
05/04/2022 2:13:23 PM PDT
by
cranked
To: ChicagoConservative27
Maria Torres has lived day by day on $200 a week from her job while she recovers from a medical procedure. 1) I imagine I paid for her "medical procedure".
2) I guess I don't know what their minimum wage is, but it sounds like she works about 10 or 12 hours week. Nice effort lady.
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posted on
05/04/2022 2:13:37 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(It's hard to "Believe all women" when judges say "I don't know what a woman is".)
To: ChicagoConservative27
And greed. Don’t forget greed.....
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posted on
05/04/2022 2:20:37 PM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
To: ClearCase_guy
This lady should go back where she came from. There are free bananas growing on the trees, and she can stretch out and sleep off the tequila in the fresh air of her cabana.
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posted on
05/04/2022 2:21:15 PM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
To: ChicagoConservative27
To: ChicagoConservative27
Handing out free $.
This always turns out well.
To: ChicagoConservative27
They misspelled “greed”.
L
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posted on
05/04/2022 2:23:42 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Do they deliver? I lived near Chicago decades ago and I’m sure I. qualify. Who doesn’t?
Wouldn’t even let my cat drink it but I have some plants to water.
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posted on
05/04/2022 2:26:56 PM PDT
by
Veto!
(Political correctness offends me)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Attention Free-Shit Army! $500 for you!
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posted on
05/04/2022 2:28:24 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: ChicagoConservative27
That’ll buy a lot of New ports and drank
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posted on
05/04/2022 2:43:52 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: ChicagoConservative27
I hear mexico is nice this time of year.
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posted on
05/04/2022 2:45:19 PM PDT
by
Trillian
To: cranked
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posted on
05/04/2022 2:45:58 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVds)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Spanish - illegal.
“Single mother of 3” - broodmare having 3 sires service her. None of the 4 ever considered marriage. Just sex, sex sex and hedonism.
“Medical procedure” - likely a root canal.
“Not working” - see medical procedure, no reason for this.
“Getting $200/mo from job” - already gets welfare from job.
Total loser.
Does not deserve more official gov welfare.
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posted on
05/04/2022 2:53:41 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVds)
To: ClearCase_guy
No, that’s her WELFARE FROM HER JOB! “Disability”, perhaps short-term.
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posted on
05/04/2022 2:58:41 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVds)
To: ChicagoConservative27
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posted on
05/04/2022 3:36:01 PM PDT
by
catnipman
(In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
To: ChicagoConservative27
More of that
Free bubble up And rainbow stew
drinkin an eatin and free water too
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posted on
05/04/2022 3:41:07 PM PDT
by
Recompennation
(Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count )
To: ChicagoConservative27
To: PGR88
Interesting, from the program website:
This pilot is funded by the federal government through the American Rescue Plan Act
the funds may be considered as qualified disaster relief and do not need to be reported as taxable income.
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posted on
05/04/2022 5:29:23 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Let's Go Brandon!)
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