The Governor proposes to eliminate cash assistance for nearly 200,000 children
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
- Organization: California Budget Project
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposes to eliminate cash assistance for nearly 200,000 children in the CalWORKs Program and freeze CalWORKs grants for a third consecutive year. A new California Budget Project Budget Brief, "Governor's Proposed CalWORKs Reductions Would Eliminate Aid for Nearly 200,000 Children," finds that the proposal to eliminate grants for certain children is not supported by research and is not needed for California to meet federal work participation requirements. In addition, suspending the cost of living adjustment for grants would further reduce their purchasing power, which has declined by more than one-third since 1989-90.
This Budget Brief is available at www.cbp.org.
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