February's Updates Online! Main article: Recently Unemployed? What You Can Do to Help Yourself and Your Family

The new year brought with it harsh economic times, with many people finding themselves out of work, no source of income, and expensive alternatives or no health insurance at all for themselves and their families. According to Bloomberg, "the jobless rate in the U.S. probably jumped in January to the highest level in 16 years as slumping sales forced employers to slash staff."