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The Social Security system is breaking—and our clients are paying the price.
Because of recent changes by the Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE), local Social Security offices are reportedly closing, the national system has crashed multiple times, and getting basic documents like a Social Security card is becoming even more difficult than it already was.
But, in most states, our clients need those cards to get IDs.
And without IDs, they can’t vote. Can’t work. Can’t sign a lease. Can’t get healthcare.
We’re seeing it every day: our staff and volunteers spending hours, sometimes weeks, helping one person navigate an agency that’s no longer functioning. We experienced this during COVID. Social Security closed their offices for two years and we had to find new and sometimes extreme ways to get cards mailed to our clients. With this confusion and crashing, our clients—often unhoused, disabled, or formerly incarcerated—are now once again facing a wall where a maze used to be.
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We were already fighting to get people IDs. Now we’re also fighting against a crumbling federal system that’s making an already hard task nearly impossible.
But we’re still here.
We’re still helping people get what they need to survive—and to be seen. And we’re asking you to stand with us.
Because even when the system breaks, we don’t.
Thank you as always,
Kat
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