Governor Schwarzenegger has proposed to eliminate the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Program, which provides cash assistance for eligible low-income families with children, while helping parents find jobs and overcome barriers to employment. Approximately four out of five CalWORKs recipients (78.5 percent) are children.
If CalWORKs were eliminated, more than 880 children [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Calaveras County’
June 3, 2009
Governor’s Proposal to Eliminate CalWORKs Would Affect 2,370 Low-Income Children and Parents in Amador/Calaveras Counties
May 28, 2009
More Than 400 Amador Co. Kids Could Lose Health Coverage
According to a recent report by the California Budget Project (CBP), 430 Amador County children would lose health coverage under Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposal to eliminate the state’s Healthy Families Program. The program provides health, dental, and vision services to children with family incomes too high to qualify for the Medi-Cal Program.
Statewide 942,000 California children who [...]
