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Have you <br />experienced a <br />decrease in TOTAL <br />HOUSEHOLD <br />income of 30% or <br />more? <br />Yes <br />Please explain how <br />your general <br />livelihood has been <br />impacted by COVID- <br />19. <br />I selected the best description I could find abov e - I am actually a <br />Jewelry maker. My primary income is generated through selling my <br />handcrafted work at ev ents and v enues. I would hav e begun to <br />exhibit and attend markets late March. Due to COVID19 - all <br />gatherings hav e been canceled...that means all the spring & summer <br />markets & exhibitions were halted. I can't estimate how much I would <br />hav e been paid, because it v aries ev ery month but I would hav e been <br />working ev ery single weekend at markets and last year I would hav e <br />made upwards to $400/weekend...I hav en't attended a single market <br />all year...I did not qualify for unemployment benefits because I am <br />self-employed and hav e fell through a crack in the system. <br />Have you applied for <br />unemployment <br />benefits? <br />Yes <br />Have you been <br />approved for <br />benefits? <br />No, I was denied benefits <br />W hy were you <br />denied benefits? <br />My self-employment as an artist did not qualify...I was rejected for not <br />hav ing 4 quarters of income to show. Very confusing, v ery stressful. <br />Grant amount <br />requested: <br />600 <br />How do you intend to <br />use the grant, if <br />awarded? <br />I will be paying August rent if awarded, using these funds. <br />How else may we <br />help you right now? <br />I broke my camera lens on my phone week one of quarantine and the <br />Apple stores hav e been closed since late March. If anyone in the <br />community could let me use their camera to list my jewelry online that <br />would be amazing. I do all my photography with my phone and <br />cannot afford the $1361 to replace it. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: BA9F802C-426C-47C2-8081-7019EC010B62