Child Poverty
Family Crisis Cash Assistance Act Seeks to Provide Automatic Cash Assistance to Suffering Families
A new bill, the Family Crisis Cash Assistance Act (H.R. 8387/S. 4770), introduced last week in the Senate by Senator Brian Schatz and in the House by Congresswoman Gwen Moore would make sure that every household in need would receive cash to help meet their needs in the case of a sudden economic downturn or natural disaster.