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COVID-19 Shuts Down Jobs But Provides Financial Security for Some Employees Page 3

U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-1st) has proposed legislation that would require deferred mortgage payments to be repaid at the end of the loan term rather than the deferral period, and would also provide assistance to renters behind on payments. Photo credit: Wendell Hutson

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CONGRESSMAN BOBBY RUSH HELPING HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS KEEP A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS The COVID-19 pandemic has not only claimed thousands of lives in Illinois, but jobs too, making it difďŹ cult for many homeowners and renters to keep a roof over their heads.

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NEWS briefly EDUCATION SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE CANCELS NATIONAL FINALS The Scripps National Spelling Bee is canceling its 2020 national finals due to the ongoing concerns about the spread of the novel coronavirus and uncertainty around when public gatherings will be possible or advisable. This decision follows the Bee’s announcement on March 20 that it was suspending the national finals and hoped to reschedule. The Bee has determined there is no clear path to safely set a new date in 2020. This year marks the only time since World War II (1943-1945) that the Bee has canceled the national finals since the program’s inception in 1925. While plans for the 2020 championship have ended, the Bee is engaging with students and parents by offering educational resources and social media-based learning opportunities. School enrollment season for 2021 opens May 1, 2020. Beginning in August, teachers at enrolled schools will have access to spelling and vocabulary materials for the 2020-2021 school year, including suggestions and guidelines for conducting the spelling bee program in a remote environment. The 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee is scheduled for June 1-3, 2021, in National Harbor, Maryland.

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GENERAL MILLS 2020 GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORT OUTLINES PROGRESS General Mills recently released its 2020 Global Responsibility Report, highlighting progress made on the company’s longterm global commitments. In the areas of food and building on nutrition, progress in 2019 included: • 100 percent of General Mills facilities worldwide were audited and/or certified for food safety by independent third parties. • General Mills steadily expanded consumer offerings as the second-largest branded natural and organic food producer in the U.S., surpassing $1 billion in sales. • The company launched an updated health reporting system across its global portfolio leveraging established, transparent nutrition criteria grounded in regulations and dietary guidance. Forty-five percent of General Mills’ global volume met the company’s criteria as “Nutrition-Forward Foods,” helping support consumers in building healthy eating patterns. For more information, visit https://globalresponsibility.generalmills.com/ HTML1/tiles.htm

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Congressman Bobby Rush Helping Homeowners and Renters Keep A Roof Over Their Heads Continued from page 1 BY WENDELL HUTSON Contributing Writer

The COVID-19 pandemic has not only claimed thousands of lives in Illinois, but jobs too, making it difficult for many homeowners and renters to keep a roof over their heads. Edward Simmons, 61, said the mortgage for his 3-bedroom, two-bathroom Grand Crossing home would be paid off in 10 more years. “At least that’s the plan, if I can get caught up on my mortgage,” he explained. “I got laid off from my job as a manager for [a] national retail store and now I have fallen behind on my mortgage. My lender gave me an extended due date for my February payment and then deferred it for 30 more days and now it’s due, but I need more time.” Proposed legislation (H.R. 6492) by U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-1st), whose district includes Chatham, Park Manor and Grand Crossing, would help Simmons and other homeowners who are behind on their mortgage payments. The bill aims to help families make ends meet by extending mortgage deferments and preventing renters from being easily evicted due to non payments. The Ensuring HOMES (Homeowner and Occupant Monetary Encouragement and Stability) Act would require any payments of principal or interest on a residential mortgage loan that are deferred during a COVID–19 emergency period to be due no earlier than the last day of the loan term. Additionally, the bill would create a Tenant

Protection Program and encourage landlords to waive rents, extend leases until after the COVID-19 emergency period and would put a moratorium on evictions. In return, landlords would receive a quarterly forgivable loan from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. “Basically this bill would put mortgage deferments at the end of the loan rather than requiring it to be paid within 90 days. This way, homeowners have more time to get their finances organized and back on track with their mortgage,” Rush told the Citizen. “Renters are also having a hard time and I want to help them by making a pathway for them to get caught up on back rents because we know this COVID-19 pandemic has caused [a] hardship for everyone.” Typically, mortgage loans run between 10 and 30 years and longer loans make monthly payments smaller. For example, if a homeowner has a 30-year mortgage and received one deferment, the payment for that missed month, would not be due until after 30 years. And Rush added that while the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act does offer some relief to homeowners, it does not go far enough. “While the CARES Act has assisted many homeowners, it has unfortunately left many of my constituents, as well as other countless Americans across the nation, without the appropriate financial assistance they need during these unprecedented and perilous times,” said Rush. “As it stands, the CARES Act only defers loan payments for federally-backed mortgages, which

THE AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 2020-21 ACCESS TO JUSTICE FACULTY SCHOLARS The American Bar Foundation (ABF) recently announced the 2020-21 cohort of ABF/JPB Foundation Access to Justice Faculty Scholars. The six faculty scholars come from diverse academic backgrounds and focus on research that advances access to justice across the United States. This year’s class features six scholars who were selected by an Advisory Council from a highly selective pool of applicants. They each bring a wide range of tools to bear on the program’s core mission. The scholars will work on research projects, including: understanding how people seek legal help on the internet, examining how automated systems will impact access to justice, exploring legal services for medically complex children and their parents, and investigating who immigration lawyers are and how it impacts removal proceedings. The American Bar Foundation (ABF) is among the world’s leading research institutes for the empirical and interdisciplinary study of law. The ABF seeks to expand knowledge and advance justice through innovative, interdisciplinary, and rigorous empirical research on law, legal processes, and legal institutions. Learn more about the Access to Justice Scholars and their projects by visiting www.americanbarfoundation.org www.citizennewspapergroup.com

means homeowners with other types of loans could be expected to pay back those deferred loans immediately following the COVID-19 emergency. That expectation is a fantasy for most homeowners especially the millions that are currently unemployed.” More time to find new employment or to restructure income is what homeowners need, said Simmons. “I am not trying to get away from my responsibility. I just want a little more time to get things in order,” added Simmons. “Most homeowners want to stay in their homes and pay their mortgages. All we need is more time to pay, that’s all.

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NEWS COVID-19 Shuts Down Jobs But Provides Financial Security for Some Employees BY WENDELL HUTSON Contributing Writer

Alison Arwady, MD, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, speaks about the Chi COVID Coach app and how it will give daily guidance for those who are in self-isolation and quarantine. Photo courtesy of City of Chicago

Mobile application to support residents BY TIA CAROL JONES

A new web-based, mobile-friendly application was launched on Monday, April 27, by Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Alison Arwady, M.D., commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health with the goal of supporting Chicago residents during COVID-19. Chi COVID Coach was built in partnership with Google and MTX. Frisco, Texas-based MTX has been at the forefront of providing state government agencies, as well as health officials, with applications to monitor the coronavirus outbreak. “We are dedicated to enabling the city of Chicago, with data-driven technology, to connect with Chicagoans in real-time, deliver vital information around the outbreak, and counter this pandemic through thoughtful connectivity,” MTX Chief Strategy Officer Maera Siddiqi said in a statement. The app will allow for direct communication between the Chicago Department of Public Health and Chicagoans who experience COVID-19 symptoms, or who are COVID-19 positive, and give them important information and guidance while they are dealing with the disease. Brent Mitchell, director of state and local government for Google Cloud, said the company was proud to partner with the city on this initiative. “Our focus is helping local governments navigate the pandemic, while providing a foundation for the future of citizen services,” he said. “The city’s Chi COVID Coach uses Google Cloud’s technology to serve residents with real-time information and advice, and it also delivers critical information to leaders as they navigate the pandemic.” Lightfoot said this new tool in fighting the virus is yet another example of how the best defense in fighting the disease is information. “Every time we’ve taken a step against COVID-19, it has been led by the data. Models and science that we have actively sourced. And, all

of it builds toward our singular goal of halting the spread of this disease, getting beyond this crisis and most importantly, saving lives,” she said. Lightfoot added that using data and science and models have resulted in Chicago making progress in flattening the curve of COVID-19. She added the app will provide individualized text messages with COVID-19 advice, offer daily check-ins for those with COVID-19 symptoms and connect people with testing resources, all of which will help the city to deepen its understanding of the communities most impacted by the virus and develop solutions for the best path forward, the mayor said. The new app will also allow residents to pre-register for vaccine dissemination once it becomes available, as well as where to seek medical care and how to connect to testing sites. However, Lightfoot encouraged people to continue with social distancing practices in addition to wearing facial coverings. “This is another example of us being proactive and getting ahead of the curve when it comes to COVID-19,” Lightfoot said. “We’ve come a long way in this crisis because the vast majority of Chicagoans have heeded this advice and stepped up to do their part, but we still have a long way to go.” Arwady said this is the first version of the app, but it will be continuously refined, developed and more functionality will be added. She said the information will only be used by the Chicago Department of Public Health. “We’ll give you day-to-day guidance through a potential isolation and quarantine period,” Arwady said. “Further down the line when reliable anti-body testing is available, it will allow us to look back and see who has had symptoms and help make sure they know when reliable testing is available to them.” To sign up for the Chi COVID Coach app, visit www.cityofchicago. gov/coronavirus.

Before he lost his job as a dishwasher at Covene Hospitality in Chicago, Oscar Ross said he struggled to pay his household bills, but thanks to new, federal legislation, he’s no longer worried about making ends meet. The COVID-19 pandemic has put thousands of Illinois residents out of work and caused unemployment insurance claims to skyrocket, according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES), which recorded nearly 600,000 claims as of April 25. Ross, a 57-year-old husband, father and grandfather, is among those employees that lost his job due to the virus outbreak. “I am receiving a little more now in unemployment than when I was working, but I’d rather be back at work. I expect to be called back to work next month, so hopefully I won’t be out of work too much longer,” explained Ross, a South Shore resident. “I will admit though, the extra $600 on my unemployment check has made it easier to pay my bills and I can see why some people are not eager to go back to work.” As part of the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act, those receiving unemployment will receive an additional $600 per week until July and have their unemployment benefits extended to 39 weeks from 26 weeks. Laid off workers receiving more in unemployment than when they were working has become all too common these days especially for many low-wage workers like Geneva McDonald, who said she makes $14 per hour as a part-time cashier at a Family Dollar store. “This job is for the birds. I bring home less [than] $500 every two weeks after taxes and I could be receiving at least $1,000 every two weeks [after taxes] if I was collecting unemployment,” contends McDonald, 39. She said she calculated the amount of unemployment benefits she could receive if she lost her job and said, “it makes no sense for me to keep working when I can get more money in unemployment and spend more time with my kids if I were laid off or fired.” According to the IDES, McDonald would be ineligible for unemployment if she were to quit her job or intentionally did something to get fired, which is described as “misconduct” under eligibility rules by IDES. Gov. JB Pritzker said independent contractors would be able to file for unemployment benefits by mid-May, and that additional resources are being allotted to the IDES to help process claims faster.

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All Illinois Department of Employment Security offices are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the state agency reported nearly 600,000 unemployment claims have been filed online since April 25, 2020. Photo credit: Wendell Hutson

“Our state unemployment filing systems, which were built a decade ago for a much lower number of claims, simply haven’t kept pace,” Pritzker said at a recent COVID-19 news conference. “This was the painful truth that we discovered when unemployment began to spike. “[And] so many families are hurting at a scale this country hasn’t seen ever in our lifetimes.” He added the state is upgrading the website for the IDES and establishing an outside call center to help process claims faster by hiring an additional 200 customer service agents. On March 27, President Donald Trump signed into law the CARES Act, which gives states the option of extending unemployment compensation to independent contractors and other workers who are ordinarily ineligible for unemployment benefits. But before that, on March 18, Trump signed into law the FFCR Act (Families First Coronavirus Response), which provided additional flexibility for state unemployment insurance agencies and additional administrative funding to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks to the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), states are now able to process unemployment claims from individuals who are self-employed or those who would otherwise not qualify for regular unemployment compensation. That means babysitters, landscapers, ride-sharing drivers, tutors, dog walkers, and even freelance writers are eligible to receive benefits due to work shortage from COVID-19. But to qualify for PUA benefits, a person must not be eligible for regular unemployment benefits and be unemployed, partially unemployed, or unable or unavailable to work because of certain health or economic consequences. And while weekly benefits for unemployment insurance varies from state to state, the current maximum in Illinois for a single individual is $471; for married with a non-working spouse it’s jumps to $561 and $648 for those with children.

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BUSINESS Digital Air Strike Joins Forces with GoDaddy to Promote Free Digital Tools for Businesses Nationwide

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Company Prepares To Market New Product To Clean Wheels With Only Water Awesome Products Corp. has announced that they have developed, will be applying for a patent, and are preparing to market a new product to clean wheels using only water, and are calling it “The Brake Dust Eraser®” Initially developed to clean the wheels of aircraft on aircraft carriers where chemicals would harm the nonskid decking material, Awesome Products Corp. is now making it available for consumer use. The market for this product is autos, trucks, and especially motorcycles and according to a news release, The Brake Dust Eraser® is safe for all wheel surfaces and eliminates chemicals getting on brake calipers, pads, rotors, and painted surfaces. The product is made here in the USA. Don Meyns, president of Awesome Products Corp., said, “Even if the consumer only cleans their wheels every 6 to 8 weeks, The Brake Dust Eraser® will remove the brake dust, dirt, and grime, on wheels using only water. Wheels that have been neglected in the past may need to be cleaned with chemicals initially, but water

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or soap & water is all that is needed for subsequent cleanings,” he said. Awesome Products Corp. also manufacturers BOSS Aircraft Cleaning Pads and Aircraft Cleaning Kits, Bugs Off® Pads, Love Bug Erasers®, and BOSS Interior Cleaning Pads.

Digital Air Strike recently announced it is joining forces with GoDaddy for its #OpenWeStand (www.openwestand.org) campaign to help auto dealers and other small businesses continue their sales online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital Air Strike is a social media, intelligent lead response technology and consumer engagement company aimed at helping businesses increase consumer response and conversions in digital and social media environments while generating measurable ROI. The goal for both Digital Air Strike and GoDaddy is to provide online tools so businesses can continue to operate while their storefronts may be closed. According to a news release, Digital Air Strike works with more than 5,000 businesses around the world, including thousands of auto dealerships, major automobile manufacturers, senior living centers, dental offices, entertainment centers, education institutions, and many more industries. Digital Air Strike is giving away its Virtual Retailing Program to help businesses and consumers do more online and virtually through video, AI, social media, and automation. Through the #OpenWeStand campaign, Digital Air Strike is offering GoDaddy’s customers Video Logix video technology free for 30 days, Power Texting text blasts, and a free budget review to help businesses identify which vendors and ad spends deliver a return on the investments. Digital Air Strike’s offers can be found at this link: https:// digitalairstrike.videologix.com/p/ TihWBNUhiXnYSo8o9E6UWQ# The #OpenWeStand website has

become a central gathering place for entrepreneurs to learn, ask questions, lend advice, and utilize resources available to them. GoDaddy and other leading brands are contributing resources, tools, and insights to help sustain entrepreneurs and the small microbusinesses they operate during this challenging time. #OpenWeStand is also for everyone who supports small businesses and their resiliency. This is everything that Digital Air Strike stands for. “Now is an important time for business owners to re-evaluate their tools and processes while embracing new ways of doing business,” said Alexi Venneri, co-founder and CEO of Digital Air Strike. “There will never be a time like this in our shared history when the entire world slows down enough to allow each business owner or manager a chance to learn new ways to engage consumers and take advantage of so many free tools, technology and free trainings. When the dust settles, retailers that have learned to adapt will come out of the slowdown much faster and be more efficient. Consumers will ultimately win and appreciate retailers that are doing business in a new way.” Digital Air Strike is hosting free webinars to help businesses during the pandemic and sharing bestpractice videos for auto dealerships to offer “no-contact” contracting, athome test drives, concierge delivery service, and more. Air Strike has also compiled free resources for businesses, including downloadable guides and social media graphics, as well as the latest commerce-related COVID-19 updates. Learn more at https:// digitalairstrike.com/commitment.

Merck Partners With the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Others to Launch the Save Small Business Fund The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic affects patients and communities, but it also has had a troubling impact on the small business community. To help offset that impact, Merck has partnered with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, founding partner Vistaprint, and several other organizations to launch the Save Small Business Fund, a grant program to provide financial assistance to small business owners impacted by the pandemic. “Small business owners are facing unprecedented challenges. The needs are urgent and every dollar counts,” said Carolyn Cawley, president of the U.S. Chamber Foundation. “While the demand is great, we’re proud to be able to contribute to the many efforts underway to help small employers get through the next days and weeks and on the road to recovery for their communities.” Read the company’s corporate responsibility report for more information on their programs, policies and partnerships that advance their shared social and business objectives. More information can be found here: https:// www.msdresponsibility.com www.citizennewspapergroup.com

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NEWS

Commit to a more financially sound future and stick to it StatePoint - When people consider adopting healthy habits, they often forget to take their financial health into consideration. But your financial health can be equally, if not more important to overall happiness than other goals, such as starting a new diet or joining a gym. So how can savers commit to a more financially sound future and stick to it? Here are some top tips for achieving greater financial happiness. • Embrace uncertainty. When it comes to markets, the only known is the unknown. And many experts believe that 2020 could be a particularly unpredictable year. In fact, research from Lincoln Financial Group shows that 76 percent of investors feel the upcoming presidential election will affect the market. Taking steps to protect your finances and retirement plan can help you feel less anxious and more empowered in uncertain times. • Protect your income. Lincoln Fi-

nancial’s research also shows that 82 percent of pre-retirees are rightfully concerned about what will happen to their investments if the market drops. For this reason, many advisors suggest diversifying your portfolio to include an annuity with optional income benefits. “An annuity can provide a source of lifetime income that’s protected from market losses, and a better ability to create a retirement budget -- all of which can make for a less stressful and happier overall retirement,” says John Kennedy, who leads sales for retirement solutions at Lincoln Financial. • Build a new relationship… with a financial professional that is. A trusted financial professional will look at your financial situation holistically to help you determine whether you are on track or need to rebalance your accounts, help you employ tax-saving strategies, answer your toughest questions and help you strengthen

your own financial know-how. Most importantly, building a relationship with a financial professional means bringing predictability to your future in an unpredictable market. Setting goals? Take the retirement questionnaire at LFG.com to find out what you need to do to reach your goals. Be sure to factor financial health and happiness into the new-you equation. With a few smart strategies, you can feel more confident about a financially sound future and retirement, come what may.

Find out what the experts are saying about achieving greater financial happiness.

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Recently, Alderman Howard B. Brookins, Jr. & The Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation gave away protective Facemask in the 21st Ward. Mask were given out on 87th Ashland and 95th Dan Ryan. The giveaway started at 12:00 noon and lasted until supplies ran out. According to Carlos Nelson, 5,000 masks were given out in 28 minutes to people driving and walking by. Photo courtesy of LMWarbington

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