The deflated CARES Act leaves more in poverty than before pandemic

 According to the New York Times, since the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES, has run out of money, more then 8 million Americans have fallen into poverty. Two new studies conducted by Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy, the other by researchers at Universities of Chicago and Notre Dame, found that since federal aid has dried up, poverty rates have risen to higher levels than before the pandemic. Moreover, the latter study found that poverty rates have affected black families disproportionally. 

Although it was expected that the CARES act wasn't going to last forever, economic recovery has been too slow to make up for these loses. In May, this aid package help keep up to 18 million Americans out of poverty. But, ever since the package has expired the poverty rate has risen to a higher level than it was before the pandemic. Furthermore, something to take into account is that the number of people suffering from poverty may actually be higher then stated. The two main concerns being raised is that families may have been miscounted or just left out. Those who are being excluded from the data consist of immigrants and low-income minorities. The issue with this is that census data directs over $1.5 trillion in federal funding to state and local governments, and that these funds will go to areas which are over-counted, not under-counted, leaving those struggling most out to dry. 

Do you believe that the data on how many people have fallen into poverty is being skewed to make political parties look better with the upcoming election? Or more because of poor data collection from immigrants and low-income areas?

https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/depleted-cares-act-leaves-more-in-poverty-than-before-pandemic