[charwalker]

Like most safety net items, there is a missing middle that makes too much to qualify for support but needs that support to make ends meet. I was close for most of the pandemic as the household earned just enough to miss most basic support options beyond the food bank but not enough to do more than subsist, which is incredibly depressing. Then all costs are going up so a steeper hill to climb this year barring a raise or new job. My work has great benefits/etc, and before the reorg more opportunity, so it's hard to jump.