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July 14, 2020
Charleston, W.Va. residents, Robert and Monica have adopted five girls and fostered more than 20 children over the last six years, many of whom have been impacted by the opioid crisis. Robert and Monica get by on a modest budget, but they make sure their girls are loved, cared for and have a roof over their head. Unfortunately, their roof was not in great condition and although Robert had patched it several times, it continued to leak and posed a danger to the family.
July 8, 2020
“How can we do better?” This seems to be the ongoing theme of 2020. On top of increasing job losses, substandard living conditions and other stresses resulting from COVID-19, formal and informal policies and practices such as redlining, blockbusting and discriminatory mortgage practices have steered communities of color into under-resourced, densely populated areas that are more susceptible to the spread of the virus.