VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 09: People wait in line in their vehicles for a chance to receive food at a Food Bank drive-through distribution for those in need as the coronavirus pandemic continues on April 9, 2020 in Van Nuys, California. Organizers said they had distributed food for 1,500 families amid the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). (Image: Getty)
Approximately eight million Americans have fallen into poverty since early May, according to a new study conducted by Columbia University, .
Researchers found that the poverty rate in September is worse than those in both April and May. The reasons behind the drastic increase in the poverty rate may be linked to the expired CARES Act that provided stimulus checks to American families.
As explained in the study, the “pre-crisis levels” of poverty are due to “the expiration of the CARES Act’s stimulus checks and $600 per week supplement to unemployment benefits.”
In similar research studies conducted by Notre Dame and the University of Chicago, the findings appeared to be even more concerning.
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