State's Cuts Already Heighten Risk for Kids, Seniors, Says Group
Redlands Daily Facts › May 15, 2011
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The state's cuts to safety-net programs for low-income children, seniors and those with disabilities threaten to leave California communities without the ability to handle a growing and aging population, according to one advocacy group's findings.
The California Budget Project released a report - ahead of Gov. Jerry Brown's May budget revise - that says the state has cut a total of more than $8billion to CalWORKs, the state's main welfare program, and the Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment program between 2008-09 and 2011-12.See the full content of this document
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State's Cuts Already Heighten Risk for Kids, Seniors, Says Group
San Bernardino County has seen more than $554million in cuts since 2008, according to the report.
"Even deeper cuts would further imperil families that are affected and the individuals that...See the full content of this document
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