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Announcement By White House – Pandemic Relief Funds Totaling $785 Million Relief Funds Will Support Communities Of Color
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Announcement By White House – Pandemic Relief Funds Totaling $785 Million Relief Funds Will Support Communities Of Color

Originally published by The 19th The Biden administration announced Wednesday that $785 million of the American Rescue Plan will go toward the communities that were hit hardest by the pandemic, following the recommendations of a COVID-19 health equity report that was released last month. “COVID-19 made it clear that in this country, a person’s ZIP code is a stronger driver of their health than their genetic code,” said Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, who headed the administration’s COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force. “And so we set out to find ways to address and overcome those social and structural drivers and forge a path forward rooted in what is fundamentally fair.” President Joe Biden issued an executive order on his first full day in office to establish the task force. Members worked 10 ...