Detailed Analysis of Families First Coronavirus Response Act Policy

This report analyzes the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), a policy enacted in March 2020 to address the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impacts. The policy aimed to provide financial support, including free COVID-19 testing, paid leave for workers, and increased unemployment benefits. It also focused on ensuring food supply to vulnerable groups through the Emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The report highlights the evidence base supporting the policy, referencing its passage through Congress and its implementation. Specific examples discussed include the Emergency Food Assistance Program, support for frontline health workers, and provisions for paid leave under the Emergency Family and Medical Expansion Act, and the Emergency Unemployment Insurance Stabilization and Access Act of 2020. The policy's comprehensive approach to addressing infection prevention, food supply, tax credits, medical support, and unemployment benefits is also examined. The report concludes by emphasizing the policy's role in supporting American citizens during the pandemic, drawing on information from Congress.gov and other sources.

Families’ First Coronavirus Response Act
Policy description
The policy chosen for the assessment is Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The policy
was formulated and structured by the Act of Congress. It was started in the year 2020 March
in response to the pandemic diseases and the economic impacts caused. The objective of the
policy is to supply financial support or subsidy for the free laboratory investigation to test the
COVID -19, and fourteen days of paid leave for all the working citizens of America in the
time of pandemic (Families’ First Coronavirus Response Act, 2020)
This policy also ensures that the food supply to the vulnerable group especially the children
and women implementing the Emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Unemployment benefits were increased as per the policy to support the families (Global
Health Policy, 2020). Front-line health workers are supported and protected by the policy.
The benefits are supplied to the citizens through the Electronic Benefit Transfer System.
Evidence-based support
Families’ First Coronavirus Response Act has been introduced passed in the house, passed in
the Senate, signed by the president and became a law on 13th March 2020. The policy has
become law for immediate implementation. It is the active law executed for the benefit of the
people of America. The policy was implemented supported by the evidence. This policy
focuses on the food supply and preservation of health and wellbeing of the citizen (Families’
First Coronavirus Response Act, 2020). The policy is presented in the Authorised website of
the Congress.Gov with the detailed description of the support provided. The Senate passed
the policy as law to ensure the need for urgent implementation.
Policy specifications with examples
The policy is structured in such a way to meet the basic needs of all the citizens of the nation.
Primarily, the policy focuses on the food supply by implementing the Emergency Food

Assistance Program. People at the defence, health, Veterans affairs and human service are
tested for COVID-19 and the basic services were provided. Under the act of Emergency
family and medical expansion, all the working employees were provided with 15 days of paid
leave which may be expanded as per the need (Families’ First Coronavirus Response Act,
2020). As per the emergency unemployment insurance stabilisation and Access Act of 2020,
the job stability was ensured to the people (The National law review, 2020). The policy
ensures that the vulnerable group are cared for by applying the special supplemental nutrition
program for women, infants and children. The policy assures the prevention of infection, food
supply, tax credit, medical support and unemployment benefits to support the American
citizens in the war against the COVID-19.

References
Families’ First Coronavirus Response Act. (2020). Congress.Gov.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6201?q=%7B%22search
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Global Health Policy.(2020). The Families First Coron viruses Response Act: Summary of
Key Provisions. https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/issue-brief/the-families-
first-coronavirus-response-act-summary-of-key-provisions/
The National law review.(2020). FFCRA - U.S. DOL Issues Regulations For Implementing
Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act and Emergency Family and Medical Leave
Expansion Act. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/ffcra-us-dol-issues-regulations-
implementing-emergency-paid-sick-leave-act-and