blog post Video: Women in California’s Legislature By Mary Severance Mar 17, 2023 Mar 17, 2023 ... “My family escaped communism and came to the US,” she said. “I didn't speak English and my family was on welfare and food stamps. I'm able to ...
Report COVID-19 Emergency Funding and California’s Higher Education Systems By Jacob Jackson, Kevin Cook, Darriya Starr Nov 16, 2022 Additionally, the state's robust financial aid system and recent efforts to establish emergency housing and food service programs for students in need ...
Statewide Survey PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Economic Well-Being By Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Rachel Lawler, Deja Thomas Nov 9, 2022 Nov 18, 2022 ... About two in ten or fewer Californians say they or someone in their household has received food stamps (18%), food from a food bank or ...
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, ... to make SSI recipients ineligible for food stamps—as the program was ...
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 the Pandemic Transform California’s Safety Net? By Caroline Danielson Mar 11, 2022 Mar 11, 2022 ... Food assistance programs also innovated. During the pandemic-induced recession, CalFresh recipients with lower benefits saw an increase under ...
Statewide Survey PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Economic Well-Being By Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Rachel Lawler, Deja Thomas Nov 9, 2021 Nov 9, 2021 ... Economic Security. About one in five Californians report that they or someone in their household has cut back on food (21%) ...
blog post Expansions to Food Assistance Could Reduce Child Poverty By Caroline Danielson, Tess Thorman Oct 1, 2021 Oct 1, 2021 ... Long-term commitments to expand CalFresh and school meals, two of California's largest food assistance programs, could lift an estimated ...
press release Most Think California Children Will Be Worse Off than Their Parents; Two-Thirds See Income Inequality Widening Dec 9, 2020 Dec 9, 2020 ... MANY LOWER-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HAD HOURS OR PAY REDUCED, LESS FOOD IN LAST ... report using a food bank (43%) and receiving food stamps (38%).