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Amy and her adopted children inside their home in Pine Valley on Apr. 1, 2023. Photo by Kristian Carreon for CalMatters
Posted inCalifornia Divide

California child welfare agencies under fire for pocketing foster kids’ Social Security money

Avatar photo by Jeanne Kuang April 5, 2023April 5, 2023

A California grandmother fights to retrieve $30,000 taken by San Diego County from her grandchildren’s survivor benefits. Counties take millions of dollars in federal benefits from foster children, says a lawmaker trying to stop it.

Illustration by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters; iStock
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More than 12,000 Californians are getting cash from guaranteed income experiments

Avatar photo by Jeanne Kuang February 14, 2023May 2, 2023
Claudia Gutierrez is a mother of six kids and a recipient of the Basic Income Guaranteed: Los Angeles Economic Assistance Program in Los Angeles on Jan. 14, 2023. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters
Posted inCalifornia Divide

With a guaranteed income, you can buy precious time with your family, say California parents

Avatar photo by Jeanne Kuang February 14, 2023February 14, 2023
Illustration by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters; iStock
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Thieves drain millions off CalFresh and CalWORKs recipients’ cards, families wait and taxpayers pay

Avatar photo by Jeanne Kuang January 30, 2023May 24, 2023
Ivonne Sonato-Vega and her children have breakfast their her home in Santa Rosa. Photo by Brian Frank for CalMatters
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$24 billion projected budget deficit may test California’s resolve to grow safety net amid recession

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Alejandro Lazo and Jeanne Kuang December 20, 2022December 20, 2022
The California Public Utilities Commission offices at the Edmund G. Pat Brown building in San Francisco on Jan. 28, 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters
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State withdraws plans to limit California LifeLine internet and cell phone discount for low-income users

by Lil Kalish October 7, 2022October 7, 2022
Kristina Tanner at the Sacramento State campus on June 29, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
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California counties siphon Social Security benefits from some foster kids

Avatar photo by Jeanne Kuang July 22, 2022July 27, 2022
A group of people at a homeless encampment in Oakland on March 19, 2020. Photo by Ben Margot, AP
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Do the rich see inequality as a zero-sum game?

Avatar photo by Jeanne Kuang May 12, 2022May 12, 2022
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Will COVID spur California to ease food stamp applications?

Avatar photo by Jackie Botts January 6, 2021January 6, 2021
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Expired unemployment boost, EDD debacles sink jobless Californians

Avatar photo by Orlando Mayorquin November 12, 2020November 13, 2020

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