low-income

To be eligible, a person must have a household income at or below 300% of the federal poverty level and not have received unemployment compensation in 2021 or a payment in the first round.

Over 300,000 low-income essential workers across Massachusetts will begin receiving their second round of stimulus checks this week. The $500 payments were scheduled to be mailed out starting Monday as part of the Baker administration’s COVID-19 Essential Employee Premium program. The first set of these payments were announced in February and distributed to around 480,000 people in March. This round…

Americans at the low end of the income rung are once again struggling to make ends meet. A confluence of factors — the expiration of federal stimulus checks and surging inflation on staples like gas and food — are driving an even bigger wedge between the haves and have-nots. While wealthier shoppers continue to splurge, low-income shoppers have pulled back...

The Baker administration is distributing a second round of $500 checks to another 330,000 low-income essential workers across Massachusetts.

One of the more progressive communities in Massachusetts, Cambridge is moving to provide additional cash payments to low-income families. The city will be using $22 million from the American Rescue Plan Act to expand a program that was started during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Of course, we should be in the business of helping people out,” one woman said. “Poverty is…

There’s a new approach in Cambridge to help people who are struggling to make ends meet.

Massachusetts announced a plan to provide $500 for 500,000 low-income workers.

About 500,000 low-income workers across Massachusetts will get a $500 payment from the state government next month.