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To: The California State House and The California State Senate
End Childhood Deep Poverty in CA!
We believe no child in California should have to live in deep poverty.
We urge our legislators to pass a state budget this year that adequately funds CalWORKs grants to ensure that no child in a CalWORKs family has to live in deep poverty, defined as below 50 percent of the federal poverty level. We urge our legislators to support Senate Bill 982, by Sen. Holly Mitchell, which will set a floor for CalWORKs grants at 50 percent of the federal poverty level.
We urge our legislators to pass a state budget this year that adequately funds CalWORKs grants to ensure that no child in a CalWORKs family has to live in deep poverty, defined as below 50 percent of the federal poverty level. We urge our legislators to support Senate Bill 982, by Sen. Holly Mitchell, which will set a floor for CalWORKs grants at 50 percent of the federal poverty level.
Why is this important?
The state’s CalWORKs program provides basic needs cash aid to low-income families with children to alleviate the impact of poverty on children and help parents overcome barriers to employment. It serves 1.1 million people – 80 percent of them children.
But the current maximum grant for a family of three is only 41 percent of the federal poverty level and the average grant for a family of three is only 33 percent of the federal poverty level.
We can reduce the number of children living in deep poverty and show that Californians care about all our children by setting a floor for CalWORKs grants at 50 percent of the federal poverty level.
Please sign this petition to tell your legislators that you want them to pass a state budget this year that adequately funds CalWORKs grants at a level that ensures no child in a CalWORKs family has to live in deep poverty.
Let them know that as a constituent, you ask for their support of SB 982, a bill by Sen. Holly Mitchell, which will set a floor for CalWORKs grants at 50 percent of the federal poverty line.
But the current maximum grant for a family of three is only 41 percent of the federal poverty level and the average grant for a family of three is only 33 percent of the federal poverty level.
We can reduce the number of children living in deep poverty and show that Californians care about all our children by setting a floor for CalWORKs grants at 50 percent of the federal poverty level.
Please sign this petition to tell your legislators that you want them to pass a state budget this year that adequately funds CalWORKs grants at a level that ensures no child in a CalWORKs family has to live in deep poverty.
Let them know that as a constituent, you ask for their support of SB 982, a bill by Sen. Holly Mitchell, which will set a floor for CalWORKs grants at 50 percent of the federal poverty line.