Group advocating for Direct Payment Assistance checks

By: CBJ News Staff|August 16, 2022

A group of residents throughout Johnson County are arguing they are owed $1,400 checks that were not awarded to them via a lottery system in the Direct Payment Assistance program.

The program, funded mainly by Johnson County and Iowa City, gave checks to 1,919 low-income residents affected by COVID-19 through impacts such as housing or food insecurity. The goal of the program was to help Johnson…

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Group advocating for Direct Payment Assistance checks

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