by Sarah Thomack
St. Joseph Post
The United Way's COVID-19 Relief Fund is being utilized more in recent weeks.
United Way of Greater St. Joseph President Kylee Strough says there have been more needs arising as people see federal unemployment benefits stop, utility companies begin to make notification of disconnections and landlords make evictions.
“There are a lot of COVID-related resources available because the federal government and the state have done so much to put resources out there for people who’ve been impacted," Strough says. "Our fund is really serving as kind of a gap-filler for those who might not qualify - maybe they’re over income because when they are working they do make more - things like that, so we’re starting to see a little bit of an uptick in activity and we really expect it to grow over the next several weeks.”
The COVID-19 Relief Fund was set up in March by the United Way of Greater St. Joseph. For more information, contact the United Way at (816) 364-2381 or go to stjosephunitedway.org.