Pathway to Basic Income Maribel Marin 211 Amy Latzer 211 Laura James 211 Oscar Romero 211 Colin Foon 211 Chamberline Ekejuba 211 Victor Valdez 211 Jason Head 211 Ruby Guillen Dr. Ray Manning SoTech Sol Erika Steiger Gemini Ed Ptrs Ellen Sloan SoCapTech Lauren Fujioki SoCapTech Lenon Lopez SoCapTech Peony Sun SoCapTech Yohan Jhung SoCapTech
Let me tell you about… ONE IN THREE CALIFORNIA FAMILIES, INCLUDING THOSE WITH INCOME WELL ABOVE THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL, STRUGGLE EVERY MONTH TO MEET BASIC NEEDS* HOUSEHOLDS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN HAVE THE HIGHEST COSTS, AND SO STRUGGLE THE MOST A CALIFORNIA FAMILY WITH TWO FULL TIME MINIMUM WAGE EARNERS AND TWO CHILDREN EARNS BETWEEN $10,000 AND $30,000 LESS PER YEAR THAN THEY NEED TO MEET BASIC EXPENSES* ONLY 55% OF CALIFORNIANS ELIGIBLE FOR FOOD AID ENROLL, LEAVING $4.7 BILLION IN FEDERAL BENEFITS UNCLAIMED, A LOSS OF $8.3 BILLION IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY FOR THE STATE^ *United Way ^ California Food Policy Advocates
EducationHealth & FoodSocial ServicesChild & Family Services Mental Health & Probation Public Schools ESEA, Title I School Lunch & Breakfast Head Start IDEA After-School Programs Textbook Funding Tests & Achievement Teacher Issues GED Medi-Cal – EPSDT Healthy Families Parent Expansion Child Health & Disability Program Expanded Access Primary Care Trauma Case Funding Co-payments for ER Services Child Lead Poisoning Prevention Program HIV/AIDS Prevention & Education Breast Cancer Screening Food Stamps WIC TANF GAIN, CAL Learn, Cal WORKS, etc. Child Care – CCDBG, SSBG, Cal WORKS Child Care, etc. After-School Programs – 21 st Century Learning Centers, etc. Promoting Safe & Stable Families Child Abuse & Neglect Programs Foster Care – Transition, Independent Living, Housing, etc. Adoption Assistance, Adoption Opportunities School-Based MH Services for Medi- Cal Kids Probation Officers in Schools Cardenas-Schiff Legislation Health Care Through Probation Mental Health Evaluations Juvenile Halls AGENCIES – PROGRAMS & SERVICES ? Which Agencies Could Help This Family? MomDad9 year old5 year oldMom ’ s sister Boyfriend in trouble Baby 1 1/2
Understanding LA Systems That Affect Families A Look at How 40+ Programs Might Touch One Los Angeles Family Margaret Dunkle The George Washington University & The LA County Children ’ s Planning Council 2002
Simplifying Access ID Primary Documents – Social Security card – Birth Certificate – Pay Stub – Driver’s License – Passport Proxies – Medi-Cal – Free/reduced lunch – EBT card Housing Food Transportation Health Kids – Education, Daycare Employment
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