{"id":12580,"date":"2021-02-05T15:29:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T23:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/?p=12580"},"modified":"2025-01-29T07:47:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T07:47:44","slug":"805-undocufund-reopens-applications-as-economic-crisis-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/fr\/805-undocufund-reopens-applications-as-economic-crisis-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"805 UndocuFund rouvre les candidatures alors que la crise \u00e9conomique se poursuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/805undocufund.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">805 UndocuFund<\/a>\u00a0has opened applications for a second time during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The fund sends financial help to struggling undocumented immigrant families in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. Many have lost significant work hours or their jobs altogether during the pandemic-driven economic crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The fund helps pay for essential costs like rent or food. It first launched in 2018 during the economic toll of the Thomas Fire and Montecito Mudslides.<\/p>\n<p>It\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/keyt.com\/health\/coronavirus\/2020\/03\/25\/local-fund-to-help-out-of-work-undocumented-immigrants-during-covid-19-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">returned last March<\/a>\u00a0but\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/keyt.com\/health\/coronavirus\/2020\/07\/13\/805-undocufund-raising-millions-after-being-bombarded-with-aid-applications-this-spring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closed applications on May 1<\/a>\u00a0due to overwhelming demand. In that time the fund received more than 7,000 applications.<\/p>\n<p>Future Leaders of America Executive Director Eder Gaona-Macedo estimates that roughly 120,000 undocumented immigrants live in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can only serve a fraction of those households,\u201d Gaona-Macedo said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Gaona-Macedo, the fund now has roughly $3 million ready to share with struggling families. Demand is expected to be staggering once again. In just the last week, Gaona-Macedo says, roughly 2,700 households have applied for aid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese families are suffering,\u201d Gaona-Macedo said. \u201cFamilies don\u2019t have enough money to pay their rent, pay their food, even purchase internet for their children to go to school. We know that there\u2019s [Wi-Fi] hotspots out there. But the basic necessities aren\u2019t being met.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some are applying again after receiving help last year, still seeking economic stability.<\/p>\n<p>You can learn more, donate or apply on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/805undocufund.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the UndocuFund&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 805 UndocuFund\u00a0has opened applications for a second time during the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund sends financial help to struggling undocumented immigrant families in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. Many&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12584,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-coverage"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}