For restaurants that survived COVID-19, an uncertain road

BY: Richard Eisenberg Richard Eisenberg is the Senior Web Editor of the Money & Security and Work & Purpose channels of Next Avenue and Managing Editor for the site. What happens when the CARES Act pandemic money for cash-strapped Americans…

The experience of childhood poverty against the backdrop of the pandemic.

More than 48,000 New Jersey jobless claims remain unresolved.

How to Restart the Economy Amid Record Unemployment

(Read all of Next Avenue’s COVID-19 coverage geared toward keeping older generations informed, safe and prepared.) BY: Nancy Collamer Job hunting is never easy. But the coronavirus pandemic is creating challenges unlike any we’ve ever seen, with unemployment expected to hit…

BY: Maya Navon and Nina Joung A note from Chasing the Dream: We hope you are staying safe and healthy, and doing what's needed to take care of the loved ones in your life. We at Chasing the Dream remain…

BY: Anne Emerick (This article is excerpted from the forthcoming book, Out-of-Work to Making Money: 21 Comeback Stories Every Job Hunter Should Hear.  ©Copyright 2018 Aboon books.) I lost my job (at IBM) and then had a horrible stay in Unemploymentville. After…

(Editor’s Note: This story is part of a partnership between Chasing the Dream and Next Avenue.) By Richard Eisenberg Getting a job in your 50s or 60s certainly isn’t easy, but new and somewhat surprising employment data suggests that prospects and pay are…

By Richard Eisenberg Credit: Adobe Stock (Editor’s Note: This story is part of a partnership between Next Avenue and Chasing the Dream, a public media initiative on poverty and opportunity.) The 4.1 percent unemployment rate, its lowest since 2000, is great…

One Puerto Rican resident is not applying for welfare after his home was ruined

Clean Start Program