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Child poverty in California hit 18% for the three-year period from 2022 to 2024. That’s five points higher than the national average, according to a new analysis by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Researchers found the national child poverty rate almost tripled from 5% to 13% between 2021 and 2024, largely...
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Obamacare is the popular name for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), enacted in 2010 by President Barack Obama. Currently, the number of people benefiting from or insured through Obamacare (including enrollments through the Health Insurance Marketplace, the Medicaid expansion, and other ACA provisions) is estimated at nearly 50 million...
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Obamacare es el nombre popular de la Ley del Cuidado de Salud Asequible (Affordable Care Act o ACA), promulgada en 2010 por el presidente Barack Obama. Actualmente, el número de personas beneficiadas o aseguradas a través de Obamacare (incluyendo las inscripciones a través del Mercado de Seguros, la expansión...
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Selen Ozturk American Community Media HAYWARD, CA – Antaño refugio del sueño americano de la vivienda en propiedad, Hayward se ha convertido en campo de pruebas de la crisis inmobiliaria de California. Esta batalla de las familias para mantener sus hogares en Hayward es un microcosmos de las luchas...
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Selen Ozturk American Community Media HAYWARD, CA — Once a refuge for the American dream of homeownership, Hayward has become a testing ground for California’s housing crisis. This battle for families to keep their homes in Hayward is a microcosm of struggles to stay housed in diverse, once-affordable areas...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters Si le preguntas a Jodeah Wilson cómo se descarriló su vida, te dirá que todo tiene que ver con el dinero. Necesita dinero para el alquiler de noviembre. También necesita dinero para pagar la matrícula que debe del semestre de primavera en la Universidad Estatal de...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters If you ask Jodeah Wilson how his life got off track, he’ll say it’s all about money. He needs money for November rent. He also needs money to pay back the tuition he owes for the spring semester at Sacramento State University, which would allow him...
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At least 42 million of the country’s lowest-income people will imminently stop receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) starting November 1st. The majority of SNAP recipients are children, seniors, or people with disabilities. Eighty-six percent of all SNAP benefits go to households that include a child,...
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Al menos 42 millones de personas de más bajos ingresos en el país dejarán de recibir de manera inminente, a partir del primero de noviembre, los beneficios del Programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria (SNAP). La mayoría de los beneficiarios de SNAP son niños, personas mayores o personas con discapacidad....