How have you prepared to fill the gap that was created by this current administration and its policies?
Ale Wheeler, Southeast D.C.
“I’m not ready. It’s a surprise to me and everybody.”
Penny, Southeast D.C.
“I don’t get the food stamps but a lot of my customers where I work at talk about how it’s gonna affect them because they are not prepared. … One of my babies was laid off, he’s using up his credit cards to get by. Another one of my babies say to the rent people like they told me: ‘We ain’t got no money so you ain’t getting no money.’”
Tyrone Washington, Southeast D.C.
“It’s a mess. I’m month to month. I’m struggling myself. But the kids are really my concern. What they going to eat?”
Mary Lackwell, Southeast D.C.
“I lost half of my income, they took my QNB plan that’s like Part 2 of Medicaid… It hurt me so bad, my income went from $2,000 a month to $1,000. I’m not meeting my obligations financially and sometimes I go without food. I just hold on … that’s all I can do.”
Compiled by Keith Golden Jr.