Report COVID-19 Emergency Funding and California’s Higher Education Systems By Jacob Jackson, Kevin Cook, Darriya Starr Nov 16, 2022 Many campuses also used some of their institutional relief funds to provide additional assistance to students. Individual campuses largely chose how to ...
Statewide Survey PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Economic Well-Being By Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Rachel Lawler, Deja Thomas Nov 9, 2022 The shares saying they have received food stamps or assistance from a food bank were similar a year ago, while the share saying they have received unemployment ...
blog post Steep Declines in Child Poverty Have Been Driven by Safety Net Programs By Caroline Danielson Oct 26, 2022 Oct 26, 2022 ... ... nutrition assistance, which kept 410,000 children out of poverty, ... cash, and tax credit programs among those who are eligible.
Report The Effects of COVID-19 on Transfer-Intending Students in California’s Community Colleges By Cesar Alesi Perez, Jacob Jackson, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Olga Rodriguez ... Oct 19, 2022 ... and cash assistance, while widening access to training in online course ... expanded online resources and technical assistance for faculty and staff, ...
blog post Testimony: The Role of State Tax Credits in Helping Low-Income Families By Caroline Danielson Oct 3, 2022 Oct 3, 2022 ... It is notable that assistance from these credits is fairly widespread, ... In other words, for all families with low levels of cash income, ...
blog post Fewer California Adults and Far Fewer Children Are in Poverty in 2021 By Caroline Danielson, Patricia Malagon Sep 22, 2022 Sep 22, 2022 ... A key reason is that the SPM captures cash income from employment; benefits from the largest cash, housing, and nutrition assistance ...
Report The Role of CalFresh in Stabilizing Family Incomes By Caroline Danielson, Tess Thorman Sep 21, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 ... The program provides food assistance to 4.8 million Californians, ... but also resources from CalFresh and from cash-based programs: ...
blog post Inflation Is Undercutting Pandemic-Era Increases in Food Assistance By Tess Thorman, Eliana Blachman Aug 18, 2022 Aug 18, 2022 ... Rising food prices have substantially eroded the value of recent increases to CalFresh benefits. Participants should see some relief in ...
Report Employment Patterns for CalFresh Adults By Tess Thorman, Caroline Danielson Jul 13, 2022 CalFresh provides food assistance to about 4.5 million low-income Californians. While many adults who access CalFresh are working, their jobs may be ...
blog post How Did Pandemic Stimulus Funds Affect Income Inequality in California? By Sarah Bohn, Tess Thorman, Joseph Herrera Jul 12, 2022 Jul 12, 2022 ... Cash income before UI ... Cash income including UI and stimulus ... (which plagued the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program).