Times of San Diego
The County of San Diego announced a new program offering $4,000 payments to low-income families and older adults called the Recovery Action Fund for Tomorrow (RAFT), which will be administered by JFS. “The COVID-19 pandemic has made issues of inequality more stark,” said Nick Macchione, director of the county’s Health and Human Services Agency. Khea Pollard, JFS’s director of economic mobility and opportunity, said JFS’s current income assistance program is proof that direct financial assistance is well spent. “Families are buying food, they’re buying household necessities,” she said.