About 12 million eligible people have not received Economic Impact Payments, leaving unclaimed roughly $12 billion of the funds Congress authorized to mitigate hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. They are primarily from households with low incomes and people who do not normally file taxes. They are also often in households of color, already facing the brunt of economic hardship from COVID-19. Click here to read more.