Bhutanese Community of Greater Rochester

The funeral home has COVID-related restrictions limiting the visit to family members only. Condolences can be sent to the bereaved family at 37 Hummingbird Way, West Henrietta, NY 14586.

Enjoy this song by our budding lyricist Achyut Nepal https://youtu.be/vVPrGFw14nQ

Today we honor TruCare Connections, Inc. for their amazing support towards our COVID-19 Impact Fund! They reached the Enabling Independence rank and their suppo...rt will help our clients receive the necessary services they need. Join them in donating here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/catholic-family-center-covid19-i See more

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DoL notice: We are writing to remind you that, under current Federal law and US DOL guidelines, this is the last benefit week for $600 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) payments in New York. That means when you submit your weekly certification between Sunday 7/26 and Saturday 8/1, you will be certifying for your final week of FPUC. This may change if Congress takes action to extend Americans' unemployment benefits, and we will advise you of any changes. ... In addition, we want to remind you about two recent benefit extensions: Traditional Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits are now extended for up to 59 weeks: Traditional UI lasts for 26 weeks in New York, and has been extended by both the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program, which adds 13 weeks, and the Extended Benefits (EB) program, which adds an additional 20 weeks. Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits are now extended for up to 46 weeks: Under Federal law, those receiving Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) are not eligible for PEUC or EB, but are now eligible for up to 46 weeks of benefits in New York up from the original 39 weeks. In order to continue receiving your UI or PUA benefits, you must continue to certify every week. There is no need to reapply or contact the NYS DOL, unless you are told to do so. New Yorkers can certify online at labor.ny.gov/signin or on the phone by calling 1-888-581-5812 (for UI) or 1-833-324-0366 (for PUA). To learn more about extended benefits, visit our PEUC and EB FAQs.

Our community is going through a very traumatic time. Today we woke up to find that Bhim Rai, husband of Lt. Purni Rai who took her own life on May 10th, committed suicide leaving behind two young children. Bhim was just 35 years old and it would have been his 36th birthday tomorrow. What is more concerning is that this is third case of suicide in our community this year in Rochester, and fifth overall in the last seven years. We as a community have always struggled to unders...tand the reason behind higher rate of suicidal ideation among the Bhutanese population in the United States. The trend was so concerning that CDC did an assessment of suicidal ideation among resettled Bhutanese population in 2013, and it has only become worse since. May the young couple's souls rest in peace. BCGR would really appreciate if anyone reading this post can direct us to community or government resources that can help us with suicide prevention measures. See more

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