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The state is considering zeroing out funds for CalWORKS family stabilization and job subsidy programs to help balance the budget.
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California’s poverty rate climbed and its working poor grew this spring, says the Public Policy Institute of California. Safety net programs played a major role in poverty rate changes.
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The days of "welfare queens" and other derogatory terms for people receiving public assistance are supposed to be behind us. Congress passed welfare…
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Most of us take for granted that we can have a hot shower pretty much anytime we like. But for people without a home, such basic personal hygiene can be a…
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Across the country more than one million kids may not know where they’re going to sleep tonight.It could be in a car, on a friend’s couch, in a homeless…
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Tillie Olsen is no longer with us, but her work remains fresh and alive.The writer of short fiction and non-fiction works is described by some people as a…
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When we get stuck in a legal bind, we call a lawyer. If we can afford one.And if not? The Center for NonProfit Legal Services is often the answer to that…