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California’s program helping low-income families buy fresh fruit and vegetables is on the chopping block and health care advocates are asking legislators to save the Market Match program. Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed cutting most of the program’s $35 million budget to help close the state’s budget shortfall. Sophia Vaccaro, a...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters At 47, Ibrahim Mohamed doesn’t fit the typical image of a college intern. When he arrived in the U.S. from Sudan in 2016, he went online to look for a steady job and decided he wanted to be an electrician at a water treatment facility. A...
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Marisa Kendall CalMatters Durante años, el sendero del río Guadalupe, un sendero sinuoso que serpentea por el corazón del centro de San José, había sido el hogar de cientos de personas que vivían en tiendas de campaña y chozas improvisadas. En los últimos meses, muchos han desaparecido como parte...
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Marisa Kendall CalMatters For years, the Guadalupe River Trail — a winding path that snakes through the heart of downtown San Jose — had been home to hundreds of people living in tents and make-shift shacks. In recent months, many have vanished as part of a $750 million-push by...
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Alrededor de 300 adultos jóvenes que abandonan el sistema de crianza en California recibirán ahora un cheque mensual para ayudarlos a llegar a fin de mes, como parte del primer programa de ingresos garantizados del estado. Unas 150 personas en Ventura recibirán 1.000 dólares al mes y otras 150...
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About 300 young adults leaving foster care in California will now receive a monthly check to help them make ends meet, part of the state’s first guaranteed income program. Some 150 people in Ventura will receive $1,000 a month and another 150 in San Francisco will receive $1,200 dollars a...
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Un programa lanzado recientemente está diseñado para ayudar a los estudiantes con discapacidades de escuelas secundarias y colegios comunitarios de California a identificar sus intereses profesionales, desarrollar habilidades listas para trabajar y conseguir experiencias remuneradas con empleadores locales. Career Launchpad – de la organización de desarrollo laboral Institute for...
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A recently launched program is designed to help California high school and community college students with disabilities identify their career interests, develop work-ready skills, and land paid experiences with local employers. Career Launchpad – from workforce development organization Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation (IWSI America) and the California Department of Rehabilitation (DOR) –...
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Traditional business lending is tight these days following a series of recent bank collapses but one program is helping small businesses grow, focusing primarily on women or people of color. The ICA Fund offers a 12-week program called “The Accelerator at ICA” which focuses on strategy for growth, personnel,...