Read it and weep…
RAND has just released its Results from the First California Health and Social Services Survey. The first of two reports on CalWORKs, this one based upon a 2000-2001 survey of nearly 3,000 welfare recipients and leavers in Alameda, Butte, Fresno,…
Model legal interpreter program handbook now available
The Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center (APALRC) has published a 60-page guide to help organizations develop a cost-effective and community-empowering legal interpreter program. A summary of the handbook and order form are available at APALRC’s homepage.
Boost in welfare payments ordered
Welfare pay boost is ordered: San Francisco judge says the vehicle license fee rollback has triggered cost-of-living increase @ Sacramento Bee (March 27, 2004) – Judge James Warren ruled Friday that California must pay welfare recipients a cost-of-living increase of…
Who’s Who in the Zoo
Our friends at California Department of Social Services have kindly provided their phone list of key positions.
He’s the Tax Man, Yeah….
Ok, bad enough if YOU haven’t filed your taxes yet, but make sure your Earned Income Tax Credit (“EITC”) clients get theirs in! Check out the update The 2004 Earned Income Tax Credit Outreach Kit from our friends at the…
It’s broke, but this won’t fix it….
This just in … Congress’ Proposed TANF Work Requirements Do Not Work for California, a new report from the California Budget Project. Two for the price you one, you get the analysis of how the House and Senate Finance bills…
Excerpts from arguments on meaning of “under God”
For those interested, the New York Times has published online excerpts (free registration required) from the U.S. Supreme Court arguments yesterday in the case about the phrase “under God” in school recitations of the pledge of allegiance. Three good articles…
HUD issues guidance letter re “mixed” families
On March 11, 2004, HUD issued a guidance letter clarifying its policies regarding “mixed” families—families with one or more members who are not citizens—for purposes of calculating rent in public and federally-assisted housing. The letter emphasizes that under 24 CFR…
U.S. Post Offices accept California EBT
The California EBT Project has announced that, effective March 1, 2004, EBT cards are accepted at all Post Office locations in California. This is an unprecedented major addition to Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cash access in California, enabling welfare recipients…
New report on inclusionary zoning in California
The National Housing Conference has just published Inclusionary Zoning: The California Experience. The report, one in a series of recent studies by NHC on inclusionary zoning, traces the origins of the policy, summaries CCRH and NPH‘s excellent review of ordinances…
