Federal Updates

The unprecedented COVID-19 public health and economic crisis must be met with bold investments to mitigate the harms to communities across North Carolina. To date, Congress has passed narrow, short-term relief however more bold relief is urgently needed.

Sign our petition urging North Carolina’s elected leaders in Congress to support bold COVID-19 relief.  
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You can read more about the types of COVID relief needed and why:

• End-of-year COVID relief package is a down payment on what’s needed
• Why the Republicans’ piecemeal relief plan won’t get the job done for NC
• Congress must pass robust COVID relief; failure is not an option
• Immigrant-inclusive policies will help us overcome pandemic, move forward
• Economic security out of reach for millions of North Carolinians
• Federal funding is essential to saving North Carolina’s public services
• 42% of N.C. households don’t have enough to make it three months without income
• Lessons from the Great Recession: Helping people, supporting communities, speeding recovery
• Federal funding for North Carolina COVID-19 response is a good start, but much more support is needed