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The credit, which became an important way of lifting millions of children out of poverty, could benefit 8.1 million adults and 6.7 million children in California, ITEP estimates.
After Congress ended extra cash aid for families, communities tackle child poverty alone. Kate Wells, Michigan Public for KFF Health News. November 17, 2024 at 9:00 AM.
The end of COVID-related financial help was one of the causes.
The California Medical Assistance Program (Medi-Cal) is California's Medicaid program serving low-income families, seniors, persons with disabilities, children in foster care, pregnant women, and childless adults with incomes below 138% of federal poverty level.
For future policies, research suggests that greater investment directed to children and families in poverty and connections between healthcare providers and financial services can lower the child poverty rate. In 2022, the child poverty rate climbed to 12.4% from 5.2% in 2021, largely as a result of the end of pandemic aid in late 2021. [3] [4]
In 2021 alone, the temporary child tax credit helped child poverty decrease by 46%, lifting 716,000 Black, 820,000 white, and 1.2 million Latino children and families out of poverty.
The California Children's Services (CCS) Program, established in 1927, is a partnership between state and counties that provides medical case management for children in California diagnosed with serious chronic diseases. [1] [2] It provides services to more than 165,000 children in California. [2]
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