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Unprisoned Star Jordyn McIntosh Talks About Her Journey in The Entertainment Industry
Jordyn is a breakout series regular in the Onyx Collective comedy series “Unprisoned”, opposite Emmy Winner Kerry Washington. Jordyn portrays seven-year-old “Little Paige”, who is the personification of adult Paige’s Inner Child. She is the part of Paige that is untouched by all that has happened in her life, including losing her mother, foster care, and having a father in prison.
BET’s Best Dressed Micah Lee Returns with a New Single “Clap My Way”
Micah Lee, a talented gospel artist, has made significant waves in the music industry with his soul-stirring voice and creative approach to music. Let’s take a moment into his musicaljourney and some of his notable achievements.
SNAP Update: Eligible Families Can Have Summer Meals Delivered To Their Home
The USDA is making it possible for families to have summer meals delivered to rural areas. USDA is making SUN Meals more accessible! If you live in a rural community where SUN Meals are hard to access, you may be eligible to get SUN Meals To-Go. This means you can get summer meals for your children picked up or delivered to your home at no additional cost to you.
Business Update: New Podcast Offers Bite-Size Reminders for a Balanced Life
The "I'm Just Here To Remind You" podcast is your daily dose of wisdom and perspective. Hosted by Veronica C, this bite-size podcast aims to help you reevaluate your priorities and ensure they are set up correctly. Life can get busy, and sometimes we need someone to guide us back to what truly matters.
SNAP Summer EBT: Extra Grocery Support for Eligible Families
Summer is quickly approaching and children are finishing up school. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program better known as SNAP is introducing a new program to give an additional boost for eligible families facing increased grocery store costs due to their kids being home for the summer. This means they will have to prepare more meals for their families.
SNAP Benefit Update: Online Stores Accepting SNAP Benefits
Finally, SNAP recipients can spend their benefits online with popular retail stores. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps, provides monthly benefits to low- and no-income households to assist with the cost of groceries. Administered by the federal government, the food benefit is paid by state and local authorities to Americans who would otherwise struggle to reach adequate nutrition levels with their regular income.
SNAP Payment Dates: June Disbursements Dates Vary
SNAP payments will be issued to recipients throughout June—but not everyone will be paid on the same date. The Federal Funded program food stamps, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are paid to low, or no-income households who need financial help with buying their groceries. Payments are issued across all 50 states and some U.S. territories, not everyone receives their benefits on the same day of the month.
Social Security: 2024 Changes Impact Recipients
Social Security is a very lucrative program, you can always look forward to different changes implemented just about every year. That’s the case in 2024, as well. One of the biggest changes affecting benefits this year is a cost-of-livingadjustment (COLA), but it’s not the only one.
Social Security: States With The Highest Taxes On Social Security Benefits
Social Security recipients must pay federal income taxes on their benefits if they fall within a certain income threshold. There is about 40% of beneficiaries who pay Federal income taxes. The majority of recipients don’t have to pay state taxes on benefits. There are 10 states that tax Social Security benefits, which is a decrease from 12 states just a year ago.
AT&T Massive Data Breach: Millions of Customers Information Exposed
AT&T said in a statement they have started notifying millions of customers about the theft of personal data recently discovered online. Per AT&T said on Saturday, “A dataset found on the "dark web" contains information such as Social Security numbers for about 7.6 million current AT&T account holders and 65.4 million former account holders.”
Your Snap Benefits May Change If You Live in These States
SNAP benefit changes could be on the way for some states that are considering bills regarding the nationwide welfare program. Food Stamps, also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) pays out monthly amounts to low and no-income households across America and its territories. Recipients access the funds through an electronic benefit transfer card (EBT), which can be used at stores to buy food and drink. While SNAP is funded by the federal government, it is administered at the state level, meaning each state has the authority to set its own rules for eligibility. Each state can set the income limits.
Social Security Reform: Increasing Retirement Age
On Wednesday, the Republican Study Committee presented a budget proposal that increases the retirement age. The proposal suggests having the retirement age to life expectancy, a measure aimed at addressing the looming insolvency of the Social Security fund.
AT&T Grants 'Make It Right' Credit to Outage-Affected Customers
AT&T customers affected by Thursday's outage can look forward to getting an automatic credit. AT&T said, “We're crediting them for the average cost of a full day of service.” The company announced on Saturday.
More Americans Are Becoming Homeless Due to Nationwide Rent Increases
A growing number of Americans are ending up homeless as soaring rents in recent years squeeze their budgets. Per a reportfrom Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies, roughly 653,000 people reported experiencing homelessness in January of 2023, up roughly 12% from the same time a year prior and 48% from 2015. That marks the largest single-year increase in the country's unhoused population on record, Harvard researchers said.
A New Tax Bill Will Help Over 400,000 Children
A new tax package could expand the Child Tax Credit to more low-income households which is an estimated $33 billion. A new tax package is making its way through Congress, with some Democrats and Republicans reaching a surprise agreement at the start of the election year for a legislative body that’s had its issues. If this bill passes, the deal could help to fulfill one of President Joe Biden’s promises.
SNAP Benefits Increase in 2024: Eligibility Requirements & Max Amounts
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has adjusted the amount of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, allotments per household. At the beginning of each federal fiscal year adjustments are made to the maximum allotments, deductions, and income eligibility standards for the SNAP program. These modifications are driven by fluctuations in the cost of living, representing the financial requirement for maintaining a basic standard of living, and inflation.
Social Security: Some Americans Feel The COLA Increase Is Not Enough
While Social Security is set to increase by 3.2 percent in 2024, many seniors are wondering how the limited inflation adjustment will help them pay their bills each month. According to a recent report from Atticus, the majority of seniors have talked about there dissatisfaction with the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2024. Roughly, 62 percent of the 400 Americans over the age of 62 in the survey said they were unhappy with the payment bump.
Google to Pay Consumers $700M from App Store Settlement
Googlewill pay millions of U.S. consumers a combined $700 million from a settlementwith state attorneys general over fees the tech giant charges for use of its app store. The company will pay $630 million to a fund that will go directly to approximately 100 million consumers nationwide, according to details of a settlementthat was made public last week. There will be an additional $70 million to be paid into a fund for states to properly disburse to consumers for similar claims.
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