/tags/poverty poverty en-US Copyright Fri, 29 Mar 2024 22:33:12 GMT /politics-government/2024-03-29/california-may-gut-two-calworks-programs-helping-thousands-of-families The state is considering zeroing out funds for CalWORKS family stabilization and job subsidy programs to help balance the budget. Fri, 29 Mar 2024 22:33:12 GMT /politics-government/2024-03-29/california-may-gut-two-calworks-programs-helping-thousands-of-families Justo Robles /poverty-and-homelessness/2023-10-27/more-working-californians-slipped-into-poverty-as-pandemic-aid-expired 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. Fri, 27 Oct 2023 13:43:22 GMT /poverty-and-homelessness/2023-10-27/more-working-californians-slipped-into-poverty-as-pandemic-aid-expired Alejandra Reyes-Velarde /poverty-and-homelessness/npr-news/2023-01-19/in-some-states-an-unpaid-foster-care-bill-could-mean-parents-lose-their-kids-forever 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. Thu, 19 Jan 2023 13:43:23 GMT /poverty-and-homelessness/npr-news/2023-01-19/in-some-states-an-unpaid-foster-care-bill-could-mean-parents-lose-their-kids-forever Joseph Shapiro /poverty-and-homelessness/2022-05-17/with-inflation-california-worries-about-progress-on-poverty California lawmakers and activists are pressing Gov. Gavin Newsom to spend more to help the state’s poorest residents. Tue, 17 May 2022 12:54:49 GMT /poverty-and-homelessness/2022-05-17/with-inflation-california-worries-about-progress-on-poverty Alejandro Lazo /poverty-and-homelessness/2021-03-04/california-program-giving-500-no-strings-attached-stipends-pays-off-study-finds 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. Fri, 05 Mar 2021 01:02:39 GMT /poverty-and-homelessness/2021-03-04/california-program-giving-500-no-strings-attached-stipends-pays-off-study-finds Rachel Treisman /poverty-and-homelessness/2020-07-27/sanitation-services-and-meal-deliveries-removed-from-bear-creek-greenway 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’s Bear Creek Greenway have been discontinued. Mon, 27 Jul 2020 17:22:22 GMT /poverty-and-homelessness/2020-07-27/sanitation-services-and-meal-deliveries-removed-from-bear-creek-greenway /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-03-16/starting-low-and-getting-lower-disconnected-youth 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… Mon, 16 Mar 2020 17:01:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-03-16/starting-low-and-getting-lower-disconnected-youth The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-02-21/kristoff-and-wudunn-on-middle-american-decline-in-oregon-and-elsewhere 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… Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:01:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-02-21/kristoff-and-wudunn-on-middle-american-decline-in-oregon-and-elsewhere The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /poverty-and-homelessness/2019-11-21/redding-mayor-envisions-forcing-homeless-people-to-stay-in-temporary-shelter Camping in public spaces is already illegal within the city of Redding. The city’s mayor wants to further restrict people from sleeping in the streets by… Thu, 21 Nov 2019 15:20:11 GMT /poverty-and-homelessness/2019-11-21/redding-mayor-envisions-forcing-homeless-people-to-stay-in-temporary-shelter April Ehrlich /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-10-22/the-concentration-of-poverty-in-oregon 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… Tue, 22 Oct 2019 17:02:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-10-22/the-concentration-of-poverty-in-oregon The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team