SOURCE AUSTIN (KXAN) — For families living in apartments provided by the Jeremiah Program in east Austin, the coronavirus pandemic has made life more difficult.
The program provides safe, affordable housing, on-site early childhood development, life skills classes and other resources for single moms. Some of them lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and they all lost their childcare — the program’s facility follows the same schedule as Austin Independent School District.
“I would say 100 percent are suffering for sure,” said Shannon Moody, executive director of the Jeremiah Program Austin. “We know it’s so hard for our moms. We are having our teachers do virtual check-ins; I’m actually putting together some kind of craft boxes.”