Stimulus check payments: More than 345,000 Americans being sent between $600 and $2,000 – here’s who’s eligible

MORE THAN 345,000 people will receive new stimulus payments worth between $600 and $2,000 thanks to new emergency legislation passed at the end of 2021.

The Navajo council voted to send checks worth up to $2,000 to eligible adults and $600 for each child, using a $557million bank of federal coronavirus relief funds.

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez approved the vote, ensuring checks for approximately 350,000 tribal members.

The 18-2 vote took place during a special session of the tribe’s lawmaking body.

It will tap some of the roughly $2.1billion the tribe is getting from President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act.

“It has been over 8 months since President Joe Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act and our Navajo people should not suffer another day without knowing how their government will assist them as they suffer from grief, mental health, and financial hardship,” said Council Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty.

“A second allocation of hardship assistance payments of $2,000 per adult and $600 per child will allow our relatives to purchase essential winter supplies like gasoline, firewood, and food now.”

“This is the people’s money, and it should bring them each some sort of hope during troubling financial times," said Council Delegate Nathaniel Brown.

Around 7,500 checks had not been claimed in the first round of the Navajo Nation CARES Fund Hardship Assistance Program, said Nez in a press release.

“Unclaimed checks may be due to a change or error with a mailing address, an incomplete application, or other issues,” said Nez.

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The program was created to help tribal members impacted financially by the coronavirus pandemic.

In accordance with CARES Act requirements, any funds from the assistance program must be spent or obligated by the end of the calendar year.

People don’t have to reapply for the second round of payments. Any future payments will follow the financial process previously approved by the Office of the Controller.