Daga Jean Bednar, Brethren Benefit Trust
Yana da wahala a auna ko cutar ta COVID-19, wacce ta kasance barazana a cikin Amurka tsawon watanni 18 yanzu, nan ba da jimawa ba za ta kasance a bayanmu, ko kuma za mu ɗauki mataki na biyu tare da ƙalubalen rigakafi da bambance-bambancen da ke da wahala ga tsarinmu don yaƙarsu. . A Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT), lokacin da cutar ta fara a cikin Maris 2020, nan da nan ma'aikatan suka fara tattaunawa kan yadda za a magance matsalolin kuɗi da ba makawa da za su addabi wasu membobinmu da abokan cinikinmu cikin wahala-kamar fastoci da sauran ma'aikatan coci-coci, gundumomi. , da sansani.
Lynnae Rodeffer, darektan Fa'idodin Ma'aikata, ya ce, "Mun kasance a cikin wani yanayi na musamman don samun damar ƙirƙirar shirin bayar da tallafi cikin sauri ga waɗanda ke fama da matsalolin kuɗi da cutar ta haifar. Mun riga mun tanadi Tsarin Taimakon Ma'aikatan Ikilisiya. Ƙara tallafin gaggawa na kayan aikin wannan shirin shine mafita cikin gaggawa."
An ƙirƙiri Shirin Taimakon Ma'aikatan Ikilisiya a matsayin umarnin Taro na Shekara-shekara, wanda a cikin 1998 ya nemi BBT ya zama mai gudanar da wannan shirin na alheri. Kudaden da majami'u, gundumomi, da sansanonin ke bayarwa suna ba da tallafin kuɗi ga ma'aikatan cocin cikin tsananin bukatar kuɗi. Ma'aikatan BBT ne ke kula da tsarin aikace-aikacen da rarraba kudade.
A cikin 2020, wannan shirin ya ba da $290,000 a cikin tallafi ga mutane 45.
Lokacin da aka kafa shirin tallafin gaggawa na COVID a bara, an haɗa shi da shirin Taimakon Ma'aikatan Ikilisiya amma tare da aikace-aikacen daban da ƙananan ƙa'idodi don sauƙaƙa cancantar cancantar, ta haka zai sa aiwatar da sauri.
Tsawaita shirin bayar da tallafin a yanzu har zuwa ƙarshen shekara ta 2021 ya kasance yanke shawara mai sauƙi ga ma'aikatan BBT, amma kuma sun sami goyon bayan Majalisar Gudanarwar Gundumar, waɗanda suka bayyana goyon bayansu ga ra'ayin a farkon 2021. Shugabannin gundumar sun ba da rahoton cewa. sun ga bukatar a cikin gundumomin su, kuma tallafin da aka bayar ya zuwa yanzu sun taimaka wajen ci gaba da jama'a. Suna kuma taimakawa BBT yada labaran shirin bayar da tallafi ta hanyar ba da bayanan tare da jin labarin wani da ke fama da matsalar kudi.
Don Allah ziyarce www.cobbt.org/Church-Workers-Assistance-Plan don ƙarin bayani da aikace-aikace.
- Jean Bednar darektan sadarwa na Brethren Benefit Trust.
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