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📢RALLY in #Sacramento 5/21/25!
💪🏾Strength in COMMUNITY!
🌟Power to our WORKERS!
🍇Abundance for our CHILDREN!
Put on by End Child Poverty CA & @seiuca.bsky.social. 10am start; 11am speakers; legislative visits follow.
Come for solidarity, food, & community.
www.tinyurl.com/JoinTheMayRally
💪🏾Strength in COMMUNITY!
🌟Power to our WORKERS!
🍇Abundance for our CHILDREN!
Put on by End Child Poverty CA & @seiuca.bsky.social. 10am start; 11am speakers; legislative visits follow.
Come for solidarity, food, & community.
www.tinyurl.com/JoinTheMayRally
The Trump administration reduced Medicaid funding that supports key services for students with disabilities and weakened the Office for Civil Rights. Read more from CalMatters.org on how students with disabilities are dealing with the impact.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The Trump administration reduced Medicaid funding that supports key services for students with disabilities and weakened the Office for Civil Rights. Read more from CalMatters.org on how students with disabilities are dealing with the impact.
calmatters.org/education/k-...
calmatters.org/education/k-...
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[1] Today @durbin.senate.gov & Sen Murkowski introduced the bipartisan Dream Act of 2025 which would provide a pathway to citizenship for people who came to the U.S. with their families as children. The time is NOW to pass this bill! Read CTAN's statement:
childrenthriveaction.org/2025/12/chil...
childrenthriveaction.org/2025/12/chil...
Children’s Advocates Applaud Reintroduction of the Dream Act to Provide Pathway to Citizenship for Young Immigrants - Children Thrive Action Network
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS: Melissa Stek, Communications Consultant, melissa@mountgem.com Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org Washington, DC, December 4, 2025—Toda...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
[1] Today @durbin.senate.gov & Sen Murkowski introduced the bipartisan Dream Act of 2025 which would provide a pathway to citizenship for people who came to the U.S. with their families as children. The time is NOW to pass this bill! Read CTAN's statement:
childrenthriveaction.org/2025/12/chil...
childrenthriveaction.org/2025/12/chil...
While D.C. plots to take away vital services from families, we're over here in #California planning the future of #CalWORKs, to make it a program that helps parents achieve their dreams. Thank you @parentvoicesca.bsky.social for bringing the power to @calhhs.bsky.social's CalWORKs Training Academy!
December 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
While D.C. plots to take away vital services from families, we're over here in #California planning the future of #CalWORKs, to make it a program that helps parents achieve their dreams. Thank you @parentvoicesca.bsky.social for bringing the power to @calhhs.bsky.social's CalWORKs Training Academy!
Being in community at the California Cradle to Career Coalition convening reminded us that when we come together, we create the conditions for young people to thrive. ✨
Place-based partnerships connect local leaders, strengthen communities, and build real pathways to opportunity.
#CradleToCareer
Place-based partnerships connect local leaders, strengthen communities, and build real pathways to opportunity.
#CradleToCareer
December 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Being in community at the California Cradle to Career Coalition convening reminded us that when we come together, we create the conditions for young people to thrive. ✨
Place-based partnerships connect local leaders, strengthen communities, and build real pathways to opportunity.
#CradleToCareer
Place-based partnerships connect local leaders, strengthen communities, and build real pathways to opportunity.
#CradleToCareer
💓 Read our latest blog post about how Zuri Crawford; a 20-year-old nursing student, single mother, survivor of domestic violence and SPARC (Student Parents Are Reimagining CalWORKs) member, navigated the hurdles of the federal shutdown.
www.endchildpovertyca.org/pushing-thro...
www.endchildpovertyca.org/pushing-thro...
Pushing Through: How Zuri Crawford Turned Uncertainty Into Strength - End Child Poverty California
When the federal shutdown sent shockwaves through millions of American households, Zuri Crawford stood right at the center of the storm. But she didn’t crumble. She recalibrated, strategized, prayed, ...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
💓 Read our latest blog post about how Zuri Crawford; a 20-year-old nursing student, single mother, survivor of domestic violence and SPARC (Student Parents Are Reimagining CalWORKs) member, navigated the hurdles of the federal shutdown.
www.endchildpovertyca.org/pushing-thro...
www.endchildpovertyca.org/pushing-thro...
🌟 Today is #GivingTuesday, a global generosity movement reminding us of the power we have, together, to transform our communities and our world.
✨ Please GIVE TODAY to preserve and build a democracy that protects everybody.
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✨ Please GIVE TODAY to preserve and build a democracy that protects everybody.
www.endchildpovertyca.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🌟 Today is #GivingTuesday, a global generosity movement reminding us of the power we have, together, to transform our communities and our world.
✨ Please GIVE TODAY to preserve and build a democracy that protects everybody.
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✨ Please GIVE TODAY to preserve and build a democracy that protects everybody.
www.endchildpovertyca.org
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🌟 Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday! We’ve seen what’s possible when our community comes together, especially this year. This week, add your voice, your support, and your commitment to stronger, healthier starts for moms, babies, and families as we begin the next 40 years. 💓 donorbox.org/together-we-...
December 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🌟 Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday! We’ve seen what’s possible when our community comes together, especially this year. This week, add your voice, your support, and your commitment to stronger, healthier starts for moms, babies, and families as we begin the next 40 years. 💓 donorbox.org/together-we-...
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A study by CA tribes found that while 92% of Indigenous households in CA had food insecurity, those with more access to Native food fared much better.
See our #AChildIsAChild fact sheet:
bit.ly/AChildIsAChildAIANIn
#NativeFoodSovereignty
See our #AChildIsAChild fact sheet:
bit.ly/AChildIsAChildAIANIn
#NativeFoodSovereignty
December 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A study by CA tribes found that while 92% of Indigenous households in CA had food insecurity, those with more access to Native food fared much better.
See our #AChildIsAChild fact sheet:
bit.ly/AChildIsAChildAIANIn
#NativeFoodSovereignty
See our #AChildIsAChild fact sheet:
bit.ly/AChildIsAChildAIANIn
#NativeFoodSovereignty
🦋California has the 4th largest economy in the world yet, there are approximately 1.6 million children in California that live in poverty.
📣Safetynet programs like #CalFresh, #CalWORKS, #CalEITC and Child Tax Credits help to children and families cover their basic needs.
📣Safetynet programs like #CalFresh, #CalWORKS, #CalEITC and Child Tax Credits help to children and families cover their basic needs.
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
🥕After after pandemic-era federal policies like the Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit & food & school lunch assistance were repealed, the child poverty rate in CA nearly tripled from 7.5% to 18.6% — and is now the fourth highest in the country.
Read more below:
edsource.org/updates/chil...
Read more below:
edsource.org/updates/chil...
UPDATE: Child poverty rate nearly triples in California, report finds
The latest education news updates from EdSource.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
🥕After after pandemic-era federal policies like the Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit & food & school lunch assistance were repealed, the child poverty rate in CA nearly tripled from 7.5% to 18.6% — and is now the fourth highest in the country.
Read more below:
edsource.org/updates/chil...
Read more below:
edsource.org/updates/chil...
For those who depend on SNAP, this past week has been nothing short of chaotic. With the Supreme Court stepping in on Friday to pause a lower court’s order, the uncertainty only grew, and for many, that meant one urgent question: How will we get food?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Down to $1.18: How Families Are Coping With SNAP Cuts
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
For those who depend on SNAP, this past week has been nothing short of chaotic. With the Supreme Court stepping in on Friday to pause a lower court’s order, the uncertainty only grew, and for many, that meant one urgent question: How will we get food?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
☔️Rain or shine, we show up! Andrew from ECPCA was at the California State Capitol yesterday as lawmakers assessed the real damage from the federal shutdown. The shutdown is over, but the impact is not.
#CalFresh #EndHunger #ECPCA #FoodJustice #CommunityPower #CaliforniaStrong
#CalFresh #EndHunger #ECPCA #FoodJustice #CommunityPower #CaliforniaStrong
November 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
☔️Rain or shine, we show up! Andrew from ECPCA was at the California State Capitol yesterday as lawmakers assessed the real damage from the federal shutdown. The shutdown is over, but the impact is not.
#CalFresh #EndHunger #ECPCA #FoodJustice #CommunityPower #CaliforniaStrong
#CalFresh #EndHunger #ECPCA #FoodJustice #CommunityPower #CaliforniaStrong
Yesterday’s Senate Human Services Hearing on H.R. 1 and the shutdown crisis was a powerful reminder of what’s truly at stake.
@jessearreguin.bsky.social said it clearly: “We have to center the families who access #CalFresh. No one should have to wonder where their next meal is coming from.”
@jessearreguin.bsky.social said it clearly: “We have to center the families who access #CalFresh. No one should have to wonder where their next meal is coming from.”
November 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Yesterday’s Senate Human Services Hearing on H.R. 1 and the shutdown crisis was a powerful reminder of what’s truly at stake.
@jessearreguin.bsky.social said it clearly: “We have to center the families who access #CalFresh. No one should have to wonder where their next meal is coming from.”
@jessearreguin.bsky.social said it clearly: “We have to center the families who access #CalFresh. No one should have to wonder where their next meal is coming from.”
Two incredible California mothers, Zuri Crawford and Abigail Villavicencio shared their stories of striving and thriving through the government shutdown that just ended.
Read more here:
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Read more here:
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November 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Two incredible California mothers, Zuri Crawford and Abigail Villavicencio shared their stories of striving and thriving through the government shutdown that just ended.
Read more here:
www.aol.com/news/snap-re...
Read more here:
www.aol.com/news/snap-re...
Families deserve more than patchwork policies.
With parent voice at the center, @liftcommunities’ Radical Imagining agenda lifts up 2 bold priorities:
1️⃣ Cash + Coaching = Economic Mobility
2️⃣ Reimagining the Social Safety Net
Explore →https://bit.ly/4hz4dHb
With parent voice at the center, @liftcommunities’ Radical Imagining agenda lifts up 2 bold priorities:
1️⃣ Cash + Coaching = Economic Mobility
2️⃣ Reimagining the Social Safety Net
Explore →https://bit.ly/4hz4dHb
November 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Families deserve more than patchwork policies.
With parent voice at the center, @liftcommunities’ Radical Imagining agenda lifts up 2 bold priorities:
1️⃣ Cash + Coaching = Economic Mobility
2️⃣ Reimagining the Social Safety Net
Explore →https://bit.ly/4hz4dHb
With parent voice at the center, @liftcommunities’ Radical Imagining agenda lifts up 2 bold priorities:
1️⃣ Cash + Coaching = Economic Mobility
2️⃣ Reimagining the Social Safety Net
Explore →https://bit.ly/4hz4dHb
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1 in 4 AZ kids relies on SNAP. State's dismal childhood poverty record leading to a perfect storm www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...
1 in 4 AZ kids relies on SNAP. State's dismal childhood poverty record leading to a perfect storm
As the federal shutdown drags on, SNAP food benefits recipients remain in limbo. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to release contingency funds to pay the benefits, but the president…
www.kjzz.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
1 in 4 AZ kids relies on SNAP. State's dismal childhood poverty record leading to a perfect storm www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...
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🚨 The Senate bill leaves 24 million people — low-income families, the elderly & children — behind. Now the House is voting.
Tell your Rep to vote NO & to find a solution that reopens the gov while protecting access to health care that many need to survive: www.ncjw.org/act/action/t...
Tell your Rep to vote NO & to find a solution that reopens the gov while protecting access to health care that many need to survive: www.ncjw.org/act/action/t...
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🚨 The Senate bill leaves 24 million people — low-income families, the elderly & children — behind. Now the House is voting.
Tell your Rep to vote NO & to find a solution that reopens the gov while protecting access to health care that many need to survive: www.ncjw.org/act/action/t...
Tell your Rep to vote NO & to find a solution that reopens the gov while protecting access to health care that many need to survive: www.ncjw.org/act/action/t...
📣Safety net programs like #CalFresh & #SchoolMealsForAll build a foundation in childhood that kids can launch from.
💪🏼When we strengthen our safety net programs, we strengthen our communities, & the future of our children.
🧰These are the tools to end child poverty!
💪🏼When we strengthen our safety net programs, we strengthen our communities, & the future of our children.
🧰These are the tools to end child poverty!
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
📣Safety net programs like #CalFresh & #SchoolMealsForAll build a foundation in childhood that kids can launch from.
💪🏼When we strengthen our safety net programs, we strengthen our communities, & the future of our children.
🧰These are the tools to end child poverty!
💪🏼When we strengthen our safety net programs, we strengthen our communities, & the future of our children.
🧰These are the tools to end child poverty!
"The California Department of Education has filed these federal waivers and that would allow schools to use existing school nutrition funds. The workers are ready to do it. All we need is the federal approval."- Keeley O'Brien, Policy Advocate with @westerncenter.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"The California Department of Education has filed these federal waivers and that would allow schools to use existing school nutrition funds. The workers are ready to do it. All we need is the federal approval."- Keeley O'Brien, Policy Advocate with @westerncenter.bsky.social
"The grab & go meals during the COVID-19 pandemic are part of what led to a summer meal participation increase of 123% in July of 2020. This waiver provides an opportunity to put food on the table."
Josh Wright, Director Govt Affairs at @cafoodbanks.org on the Federal School Nutrition waiver.
Josh Wright, Director Govt Affairs at @cafoodbanks.org on the Federal School Nutrition waiver.
November 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
"The grab & go meals during the COVID-19 pandemic are part of what led to a summer meal participation increase of 123% in July of 2020. This waiver provides an opportunity to put food on the table."
Josh Wright, Director Govt Affairs at @cafoodbanks.org on the Federal School Nutrition waiver.
Josh Wright, Director Govt Affairs at @cafoodbanks.org on the Federal School Nutrition waiver.
"As food service workers we are ready to make sure every child has access to healthy meals, whether school is in session or not."
Leah Roman, school food service worker & member of the Classified School Employees Association, urges @usdagov.bsky.social to grant the Federal School Nutrition waiver.
Leah Roman, school food service worker & member of the Classified School Employees Association, urges @usdagov.bsky.social to grant the Federal School Nutrition waiver.
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
"As food service workers we are ready to make sure every child has access to healthy meals, whether school is in session or not."
Leah Roman, school food service worker & member of the Classified School Employees Association, urges @usdagov.bsky.social to grant the Federal School Nutrition waiver.
Leah Roman, school food service worker & member of the Classified School Employees Association, urges @usdagov.bsky.social to grant the Federal School Nutrition waiver.
Thank you CA Dept. of Ed. for hosting this morning's press conference on the Federal School Nutrition waiver protecting CA kids from hunger.
"When 27% of households w/children face food insecurity, we're calling on the federal govt to act."-State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond
"When 27% of households w/children face food insecurity, we're calling on the federal govt to act."-State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Thank you CA Dept. of Ed. for hosting this morning's press conference on the Federal School Nutrition waiver protecting CA kids from hunger.
"When 27% of households w/children face food insecurity, we're calling on the federal govt to act."-State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond
"When 27% of households w/children face food insecurity, we're calling on the federal govt to act."-State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond
Today, Yesenia Jimenez of ECPCA stood w/ leaders and advocates to call for a federal school nutrition waiver that ensures no child goes hungry during the shutdown.
Hunger steals potential. Together, we can stop it. ✨
#EndChildPoverty #FoodJustice #NourishOurChildren #CaliforniaStrong #CommunityCare
Hunger steals potential. Together, we can stop it. ✨
#EndChildPoverty #FoodJustice #NourishOurChildren #CaliforniaStrong #CommunityCare
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Today, Yesenia Jimenez of ECPCA stood w/ leaders and advocates to call for a federal school nutrition waiver that ensures no child goes hungry during the shutdown.
Hunger steals potential. Together, we can stop it. ✨
#EndChildPoverty #FoodJustice #NourishOurChildren #CaliforniaStrong #CommunityCare
Hunger steals potential. Together, we can stop it. ✨
#EndChildPoverty #FoodJustice #NourishOurChildren #CaliforniaStrong #CommunityCare
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The time is now: end the shutdown, fund health care.
Our member, Shana, a small-business employee, testified before the Senate after learning that her family's monthly premiums will go from $460 to $700 per month. #MomSky
Our member, Shana, a small-business employee, testified before the Senate after learning that her family's monthly premiums will go from $460 to $700 per month. #MomSky
November 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The time is now: end the shutdown, fund health care.
Our member, Shana, a small-business employee, testified before the Senate after learning that her family's monthly premiums will go from $460 to $700 per month. #MomSky
Our member, Shana, a small-business employee, testified before the Senate after learning that her family's monthly premiums will go from $460 to $700 per month. #MomSky
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#WIC is currently open because of emergency funds released earlier this week, but these funds are only temporary. It is long past time for Congress to do it's job and pass a full FY26 spending bill.
✏️ Write to your reps: bit.ly/FUNDWIC26
✏️ Write to your reps: bit.ly/FUNDWIC26
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#WIC is currently open because of emergency funds released earlier this week, but these funds are only temporary. It is long past time for Congress to do it's job and pass a full FY26 spending bill.
✏️ Write to your reps: bit.ly/FUNDWIC26
✏️ Write to your reps: bit.ly/FUNDWIC26