Area agency working to get homeless access to stimulus checks

Die from it.

The latest round of stimulus checks are hitting bank accounts...offering some financial relief to those feeling the stress put on by the covid pandemic about those who don't have a bank account?

Or home?

Here's kq2's kilee thomas on how st.

Joseph's homeless population are getting their cut of the money.

Kilee thomas reportingliving on the streets comes with countless hurdles and getting a stimulus check is just another one.

Sot: krista kiger, community missions executive director- "they don't have an address, so where do you send the checks?"but for st.

Joseph's homeless community organization is breaking down those barriers those most in need potentially life-changing money.

Sot: sheila mendez, street outreach case manager-"we decided we needed to do this."

Since last march...the street outreach team at community missions has been signing up the city's homeless' to receive their stimulus checks mendez-"we started with a laptop in the back of my car."

By knocking down hurdles like replacing id's and setting up a post office box as a way for staff to collect those checks and hand them out to the homeless cmc even helping some create savings accounts.

Sot: kiger-"until they can get established in their own homes with their own address, we're kinda helping them safely receive their checks, safely put their money away so they aren't a target."

Now 75 homeless residents have their checks into the communitygiving those on the streets a safe place to sleep, shower and eat.

Cmc says this money piece by piece back together "homelessness is complex and it takes a while to put the pieces of the puzzle together to get stable housing, getting a birth certificate- you can't do anything without id.

So, there's a lot of things that this stimulus money has helped with in our homeless population."

If you know a homeless person needing help to access their stimulus check- you can call community missions at (816) 390-8884