The U.S. House of Representatives introduced the HEROES Act on Tuesday May 12th.

In Ohio, we have already seen $775 million worth of state budget cuts to education, healthcare, and other community services. These will only increase without federal relief. We need to build an economy that works for all and legislation that invests in communities and people first will be the foundation of a post-covid-19 economic recovery.

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This legislation will do the following*: (This is from a very preliminary reading of the legislation and analysis. We will update this page as we read further.)

Invest an additional $14 billion for SNAP, WIC, and child nutrition programs during the pandemic and economic recovery period.
An additional $170 million for food banks and farmers
More than $120 billion in rental assistance to prevent massive evictions this summer and next fall.
Increase in Medicaid funding by the federal government to reduce the costs to the states and communities.
$25 million to support seasonal farmworkers and migrant laborers.
$500 billion for state and $375 billion for local community budget stabilization.

And much more…