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Kristen Hwang CalMatters Dos de los cuatro hijos de Johanna Wonderly dependen de prótesis auditivas y los otros dos probablemente los necesitarán en el futuro. A un precio de aproximadamente 6,000 dólares por niño el costo aumenta rápidamente. Pero la familia Roseville sólo puede permitírselo cuando el marido de...
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Kristen Hwang CalMatters Two of Johanna Wonderly’s four children depend on hearing aids, and the other two will probably need them in the future. At roughly $6,000 per child, the cost adds up quickly. But the Roseville family can only afford them when Wonderly’s husband, Paul, is called to...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service California families are paying way too much for child care, according to the 2023 Kids Count Data Book out this week from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The new report showed single mothers in California pay 31% of the average median income for family-based...
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Courtesy of The New York Times, we learned that President Joe Biden’s administration is considering reviving one of the most controversial practices of the Trump era: the detention of migrant families at the border. Although no final action has been taken, the leak to one of the most influential...
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La primera vez que le pasó a Courtney Abrams, casi nadie le creyó. Alguien había agotado los más de $700 en asistencia monetaria y casi $200 en cupones de alimentos de su Tarjeta de Transferencia Electrónica de Beneficios (EBT, por sus siglas en inglés) que la madre soltera de...
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The first time it happened to Courtney Abrams, hardly anyone believed her. Someone had drained the more than $700 in cash aid and nearly $200 in food stamps from the electronic benefits transfer (EBT) card the 33-year-old single mother received from the state, just minutes after those monthly payments appeared...
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As we wrap up celebrations of Juneteenth, the country still grapples with the poverty that is the legacy of slavery, and Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) are stepping in to help build wealth. Data from the National Association of Realtors showed only about 43% of Black families own their...
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When a nonprofit food center in the desert Southwest began a project to chronicle challenges of land and water access combined with climate change, they didn’t know COVID-19 was on the way – which demonstrated unexpected resiliency. The pandemic turned La Semilla Food Center’s storytelling project into a virtual event, but...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Un nuevo reporte de la Universidad Georgetown encontró un gran incremento en la tasa de niñas y niños no-asegurados en California: entre 2016 y 2019, encontró un fuerte aumento en la tasa de niñas y niños de California sin seguro, 11.3% antes de la pandemia. Luego de décadas...
Kristen Hwang CalMatters Dos de los cuatro hijos de Johanna Wonderly dependen de prótesis auditivas y los otros dos probablemente los necesitarán en el futuro. A un precio de aproximadamente 6,000 dólares por niño el costo aumenta rápidamente. Pero la familia Roseville sólo puede permitírselo cuando el marido de...
Kristen Hwang CalMatters Two of Johanna Wonderly’s four children depend on hearing aids, and the other two will probably need them in the future. At roughly $6,000 per child, the cost adds up quickly. But the Roseville family can only afford them when Wonderly’s husband, Paul, is called to...
Suzanne Potter California News Service California families are paying way too much for child care, according to the 2023 Kids Count Data Book out this week from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The new report showed single mothers in California pay 31% of the average median income for family-based...
Courtesy of The New York Times, we learned that President Joe Biden’s administration is considering reviving one of the most controversial practices of the Trump era: the detention of migrant families at the border. Although no final action has been taken, the leak to one of the most influential...
La primera vez que le pasó a Courtney Abrams, casi nadie le creyó. Alguien había agotado los más de $700 en asistencia monetaria y casi $200 en cupones de alimentos de su Tarjeta de Transferencia Electrónica de Beneficios (EBT, por sus siglas en inglés) que la madre soltera de...
The first time it happened to Courtney Abrams, hardly anyone believed her. Someone had drained the more than $700 in cash aid and nearly $200 in food stamps from the electronic benefits transfer (EBT) card the 33-year-old single mother received from the state, just minutes after those monthly payments appeared...
As we wrap up celebrations of Juneteenth, the country still grapples with the poverty that is the legacy of slavery, and Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) are stepping in to help build wealth. Data from the National Association of Realtors showed only about 43% of Black families own their...
When a nonprofit food center in the desert Southwest began a project to chronicle challenges of land and water access combined with climate change, they didn’t know COVID-19 was on the way – which demonstrated unexpected resiliency. The pandemic turned La Semilla Food Center’s storytelling project into a virtual event, but...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Un nuevo reporte de la Universidad Georgetown encontró un gran incremento en la tasa de niñas y niños no-asegurados en California: entre 2016 y 2019, encontró un fuerte aumento en la tasa de niñas y niños de California sin seguro, 11.3% antes de la pandemia. Luego de décadas...