1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Health, Opportunity, and Personal Empowerment Act of 2020 or HOPE Act of 2020 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) In 2018, according to the Department of Agriculture, 37,200,000 individuals in the United States (including 11,100,000 children) lived in food insecure households. That equals 1 in 9 individuals and 1 in 7 children. (2) In 2017, according to the Bureau of the Census, 38,100,000 individuals (including 13,200,000 children) lived below the Federal poverty line. The majority of these individuals living in poverty were working people, children, older individuals, and individuals with disabilities. (3) Many low-income individuals work multiple jobs and, contrary to common misconceptions, if unemployed, they spend a great deal of time looking for work. They often travel by public transportation, laboriously making multiple connections to shuttle between home, work, social service agencies, houses of worship, and grocery stores. For those living in rural and suburban areas far from work and without adequate public transportation they rely upon vehicles to get to work, but these are often less reliable secondhand vehicles, that often break down. From traveling greater distances between available jobs and livable areas with affordable housing options, seeking out scarce childcare options that fit a tight budget and a constrained travel schedule, and caring for elderly parents or grandparents because a senior living facility is not financially realistic, low-income individuals have little spare time. (4) While government safety net programs help tens of million of individuals avoid starvation, homelessness, and other outcomes even more dreadful than everyday poverty, there are significant obstacles that those seeking and maintaining government assistance face for as long as they are eligible. Qualified applicants are often required to travel significant distances to multiple government offices, preparing and submitting piles of nearly identical paperwork