"He was laid off from his job amid a round of restructuring. The news landed without warning. One day he had a job, and the next he was sitting at home, staring at the numbers, trying to figure out how to keep paying the mortgage and putting food on the table. list of 4 itemsend of list He is married, and his partner is a teacher, but the math did not work."
"He advanced in the hiring process for a Washington, DCbased nonprofit, making it far enough to sit across from senior leadership. It felt like he finally caught a break. Then the ground shifted again. As Dodge was interviewing for a new job, Elon Musk, the world's richest man, was advising the administration of US President Donald Trump on how to shrink the federal government, and that meant cutting funding to agencies that provide contracts and funds to swaths of nonprofit organisations around the country."
Rising tariffs, higher healthcare and housing costs, and a weak job market pushed many workers into financial strain. A long-term nonprofit communications professional was unexpectedly laid off and faced immediate mortgage and living-cost pressures. Household income from a partner with a teaching job was insufficient for long-term stability. Job hunting produced hundreds of applications and few interviews, and a promising hiring advance was halted. Advice to shrink the federal government led to cancelled contracts and dried funding for nonprofits, triggering hiring freezes and scaled-back ambitions that directly prevented rehiring and employment opportunities for affected workers.
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