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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鈥檚 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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Some states allow children to be removed from their parents if they fail to pay the cost of foster care. But that can be hundreds of dollars a month, and it's often the poorest families who must pay.
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California lawmakers and activists are pressing Gov. Gavin Newsom to spend more to help the state鈥檚 poorest residents.
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Independent researchers found that the first year of a universal basic income experiment in Stockton, Calif., measurably improved recipients' job prospects, financial stability and overall well-being.
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When COVID-19 hit Oregon, the shelter-in-place mandate seemed out of reach for people experiencing homelessness. Although COVID cases are rising, temporary services to homeless campers along Jackson County鈥檚 Bear Creek Greenway have been discontinued.
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Life is tough enough for any teenager, with childhood dissolving away and adulthood not yet formed. It's that much harder for a teenager emerging from the鈥
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The hollowing-out of the American heartland has happened all over the country, not just in the middle. Case in point: rural Oregon. That's where Nicholas鈥
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Camping in public spaces is already illegal within the city of Redding. The city鈥檚 mayor wants to further restrict people from sleeping in the streets by鈥
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It's not just that many children grow up in poverty in America; it's also that they tend to grow up in close quarters to one another. The Annie E. Casey鈥
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J.D. Vance made quite a splash with his book Hillbilly Elegy. The book about hard times in Appalachia and environs, and how the people living those hard鈥
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In America, everybody has the same opportunity, we like to think. Our history tells another story, one of permanent underclasses whose members have little鈥
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Home prices are getting so high, it's becoming harder for people to afford buying their first homes. So the state of Oregon is stepping in with its鈥
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People who don't have much money can have their lives turned upside-down by a health crisis. California's Whole Person Care program identifies people who鈥