{"id":21371,"date":"2019-01-18T20:01:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T20:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/01\/18\/fed-organizations-offer-grants-to-employees-without-paychecks\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:40:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:40:30","slug":"fed-organizations-offer-grants-to-employees-without-paychecks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2019\/01\/18\/fed-organizations-offer-grants-to-employees-without-paychecks\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizations offer grants to shutdown-impacted feds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association and the Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund have begun offering federal employees impacted by the government shutdown $100 grants to make ends meet while they go without paychecks, the organizations announced Jan. 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe financial toll of this partial government shutdown is not lost on anyone at NARFE,\u201d said NARFE National President Ken Thomas in a news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery day, we hear from members recounting how they are scrambling to make arrangements for unpaid bills, including tapping into their retirement accounts. They face home evictions, leave medical issues untended, are banned from seeking temporary work and, in some circumstances, cannot file for unemployment. Through no fault of their own, these hardworking individuals who help the American people cannot help themselves. We are humbled by this opportunity to help them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t