ADC recipients getting a $1,200 pandemic check

    Families who receive Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) are about to get a boost with an extra payment of $1,200.
    The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services will be issuing a one-time supplemental payment to ADC recipients who received a payment in July this year.
    With the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act, Nebraska received a $4.4 million allotment from the Administration of Children and Families within the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program to assist eligible families impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Officials say this payment is intended to be used by eligible families for crisis needs they may have such as emergency housing, utility payments, food, clothing and back-to-school expenses.
     ADC recipients will not need to take any action to receive the one-time payment was to become available Aug. 31 on their designated ReliaCard or through a direct deposit option used for their regular ADC payments.
    The pandemic emergency assistance payment will not affect the regular ADC payment a family receives.
     Households issued a July 2021 ADC payment after Aug. 26 will receive their one-time emergency assistance payment after initial approval.