Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. The impact wouldn’t be so large if my unemployment would be taken care of, been waiting since April.

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. I have been stuck in the black hole of the unemployment office, with no $$$$ since mid May. There is nobody that seemingly can fix the system….It is maddening

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. My immediate family (parents and myself) are elderly/have chronic health conditions that are on the list for making us very vulnerable. My long term partner does not live with me but seeing him has become difficult (he works outside the home.) We all feel isolated and are often ridiculed for our fear of the virus.

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. I’m worried about being evicted & having to live on the street with my child

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. Jobs aren’t working with us during this time, we need flexibility !!

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. Covid19 has affected my entire extended family and my friends and community. Personally in my community FIVCO District KY there is a huge divide between those who will comply with the Public Health Mandates from our State Governor and Public Health Director and The White House Guidance and mandates – and those who Will Not. My Father is in late stage…

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. We have basically stayed home. Go to the grocery, the pharmacy, the gym and, once, to the hardware store.

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. I have depression and anxiety before the pandemic, but it was worse by April when the US started really seeing the effects of the pandemic. I had started looking for work in March and found myself having panic attacks when I’d for to a job interview. I did not have a counselor at the time but started asking my physician for…

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. My husband and I are artists. We have lived “hand to mouth” successfully for 40 years. Now, we are on the verge of starvation and homelessness.

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. It’s has affected my family in good and bad way the bad is me not being able to supply and meet there needs due to no money from not being able to carry on with my normal Every day self Employed work suck as me making house call to cook clean babysit store runs hair doing all because of being awaken…

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. I am able to work, but my son & SO both have preexisting medical conditions that put them in the high risk category. This makes the thought of working anywhere other than home fill me with anxiety. If I bring Covid home, I could lose half of my immediate family just because I was working so we could afford basics.

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. My husband needs surgery. There are testing sites everywhere but the hospital is only accepting the test site downtown. I hate driving downtown. Are they only accepting this site so their affiliate gets the money? I took him to the doctor 3 weeks ago with terrible exhaustion. He has kidney issues. They didn’t do any tests that would make sense. Just…

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. I am disabled & dont drive. Ive had problems getting where I need to go. And when I got to the store supply of some things wasn’t there. The price of food has gone up so much its hard to have enough to go around. On medicare I only get $16 in food stamps. I have family member thats homeless but…

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. Iv had to give up almost everything i own bc unemployment not paying me

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. I have been stuck in a callback que since May 15th…not one dime of any assistance since then

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. Lonliness, fights between each other, money, feeling trapped

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. I am immune compromised, cannot get out to get groceries and the prices are so high cannot afford to purchase very much and pay for delivery.

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. I can not see my counselor for my anxiety and depression because I am the primary caregiver for three young children.

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. Has affected my mental health

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. Due to poor health having to hire yard work. Our fridge went out and no new ones available in stores after 2 weeks found a used one. FOOD and essentials have increased and we are on limited income and over income for benefits I have had to provide more support to disabled non driving sister due to support workers not working

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. Older than 60 and isolated.

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. I was not able to get a paying job this summer because I was doing an externship for school. I am afraid during the school year I will not have enough money to cover my bills.

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. special needs child has not received services since March

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. It has caused a significant deterioration of our mental health. Constant worry over our and our family/friends economic (survival) concerns is traumatic.

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. I had to leave my husband in March because his alcoholism became dangerous for my children and I. We couldn’t get away from him because everything was locked down. Luckily I had my parents close by to move in with, because there were hardly any rentals available and we didn’t have the money anyway. I’m getting hit with medical bills now…

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. My husband owns his own company which is our primary source of income. He was forced to close the doors for two to three weeks because of Governor beshear orders to do so. Fortunately the medical and therapy Boards of the state over rode that order and he was allowed to reopen his doors. I have been unemployed since March making…

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. due to my age, I was laid off in March, I am a single mother of a 12 yr old w/special needs. I was collecting UI, until some kind of glitch in May. I have had no income due to the backlog since that time. Meanwhile, the reality of the mishandling of the pandemic remains a safety risk to me. It…

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. It is mainly the social aspect, and hugs, that I miss. Also the underlying stress of making sure things are disinfected, focusing on people that don’t wear masks.

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. If the expanded unemployment benefits aren’t reinstated in full, people won’t be spending money during this time and I will have less cash influx at my job and will likely have reduced hours and/or income. The expanded UI benefits not only help the individual receiving them but they help the entire economy during this period of uncertainty.

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. Lost my Dr and am terrified of getting Covid as I have no informed advocate. I will likely die if I get it. I have been very isolated at home since this started. Boyfriend is essential and working taking precautions.

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. I am completely unemployed due to Covid

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. As a single mother, getting child care needed to work has been extremely difficult, let alone to do anything recreational.

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. The isolation is affecting my mental health. It took months to get UI and I was terrified for my life.

Tell us more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected you or your family. COVID-19 has made my work more stressful because my clients need so much help and I and other service providers are stretched thin trying to make enough time to help them all. Many service providers are booked and cannot offer services or have a waitlist.