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In tough times, WE ORGANIZE. The promise of ending child poverty is still within reach. We were in #Sacramento with our community to fight for bold policies & progressive revenues this month, with our community leading the way. #EndChildPoverty @endchildpovca

We’re calling for bold actions to reduce poverty & protect Californians against Washington’s retribution-driven funding cuts. The #EndChildPoverty California Coalition of 180+ groups is building community power together!  #ForwardTogether @endchildpovca

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AB 2299: the California Antihunger Response and Employment Training Act (CARET), is being heard Tuesday 4/14/26 in the Assembly Human Services Committee, and the momentum is real.

Authored by @AsmLisaCalderon, this powerful bill takes bold action to fight child hunger, connecting families to nutritious food and opening doors to job training and economic opportunity.

This is how we create lasting change: by making sure parents have the tools to succeed and kids have the nourishment they need to thrive.

Let’s keep the momentum going. @alex_lee @asmcastillo @asmsadeelhawary @asmcoreyjackson @asmcelesterodriguez @asmtangipa help move #AB2299 forward. California’s children have a right to eat.

#EndChildPovertyCA #CALeg #WeDeserveToEat

No one should have to worry about where their next meal will come from. Yet new federal SNAP rules mean some adults could get just 3 months of food benefits in a 3-year period.

The federal government is setting up barriers and roadblocks that will turn money for food into expensive red tape, creating conditions for a potential famine.

The California Antihunger Response and Employment Training Act (CARET) would protect Californians who lose CalFresh. AB 2299 (Calderon) provides state-funded food assistance and connects people to employment and training opportunities.

Together with California Association of Food Banks, Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organization, End Child Poverty CA, Public Interest Law Project, and Western Center on Law & Poverty, we’re defending our communities and supporting #AB2299 to help ensure no one goes hungry.#CARET #CALeg #WeDeserveToEat

Nearly 1 million Californians could lose access to CalFresh food support because of cruel new federal changes. That’s ONE MILLION hungry Californians because DC is taking away food.

We have an answer. AB 2299, the California Antihunger Response and Employment Training Act (CARET) would create a state food benefit to support hungry Californians who lose CalFresh. It will also help connect people to job training and employment.

Workers need to know they’ll be able to eat. Families need to know they’ll be able to feed their kids. Caregivers need to know there will be food on the table.

Join anti-hunger champions across California in supporting #AB2299 and protecting access to food for our communities.
#CARET #CALeg #WeDeserveToEat

Every California family deserves the peace of mind that comes with knowing there’s food on the table.
AB 2299 (Calderon) the California Antihunger Response and Employment Training Act (CARET) would ensure people who lose CalFresh due to new federal time limits can still access food support.
End Child Poverty CA is proud to co-sponsor #AB2299 to help keep families nourished and communities strong. Join us and support policies that protect families from hunger.
#CARET #CALeg #WeDeserveToEat

It’s simple: all of us deserve food. California produces enough food and enough wealth to feed us all.
A new California bill #AB2299 (Calderon) will help keep 1 million from going hungry. The federal government is spending money to take food away. We’re fighting back.
Support the California Antihunger Response and Employment Training Act (CARET).
#CARET #CALeg #WeDeserveToEat

Food should not have a time limit. Thank you @AsmLisaCalderon for introducing #AB2299 to help keep 1 million Californians from going hungry. Support the California Antihunger Response and Employment Training Act (CARET). #CALeg

The federal govt. is spending $ to take food away. We’re fighting back. New #CALeg bill #AB2299 (Calderon) will help keep 1 million from going hungry.

Support the California Antihunger Response and Employment Training Act #CARET. It’s simple: all of us deserve food.

PLEASE NOTE: Public comment will likely be time limited, please second comments made by End Child Poverty California Coalition partners on these issues and uplift remaining priorities as time permits.

California is on the brink of a humanitarian crisis. 

Nearly one million Californians could lose CalFresh, and 1–2 million could lose Medi-Cal if the state does not act. Federal cuts threaten food for one in five Californians who rely on SNAP. This meets the international threshold for famine conditions.

Children will hurt most. Poverty will deepen. More families will be pushed into the child welfare system. Families will be torn apart.

We cannot allow federal cruelty to mean hunger, medical crises, and higher poverty in our state, especially when we have the wealth and food to feed us all.

We urge California’s elected leaders to act now. Raise progressive revenues. Invest in Food for All Californians, Health for All Californians, and county worker support so that no child goes hungry, so people don’t die on our streets, and no family is separated because of poverty.

• Prevent a Famine by Expanding Food Assistance via the California Food Assistance Program (CFAP)

• Protect Medi-Cal for All

• Support County Eligibility Workers and Community Based Organizations

• Support CalWORKs Reforms that Put Families First

• Generate Progressive Revenues

Prevent a Famine by Expanding Food Assistance via the California Food Assistance Program (CFAP)

Right now, nearly 1 million CalFresh households are at risk of losing food assistance due to H.R. 1’s attacks on refugees, domestic violence survivors, veterans, foster youth, families with children, seniors, and unhoused people.

Beginning on June 1st 2026, approximately 665,000 people could lose benefits because they cannot meet new federal work requirements. Another 74,000 humanitarian immigrants are set to lose access to CalFresh in April due to xenophobic federal policies.

These are our neighbors. These are parents skipping meals so their children can eat. If California fails to act, families will go hungry. We urge you to expand and invest in the CFAP program so that Californians of all ages, regardless of immigration status or time limited status can access the food they need to survive and thrive. 

Protect Medi-Cal for All

Our families are facing premiums and enrollment freezes in Medi-Cal. Under the proposed budget, California mirrors federal work requirements for undocumented community members enrolled in state-funded Medi-Cal. 

That means, if people lose access to work because they are afraid of immigration enforcement in their workplaces or don’t have a commercial driver’s license to drive a vehicle, not only will they lose access to Medi-Cal but their enrollment freeze will also bar them from coming back once they address work barriers. 

Adding work requirements on top of these realities is unjust and harmful. We urge you to reject these policies and protect equitable access to healthcare for all.

Support County Eligibility Workers and Community Based Organizations

We urge the Department of Social Services to release the $20 million already allocated for counties and workers to respond to this crisis as quickly as possible. With inaction, and no immediate county worker support, we run the risk of seeing nearly 1 million Californians losing access to CalFresh. 

Further, nothing can replace having county eligibility workers sitting at the same table with staff from community-based organizations. We urge you to also fund those community based organizations, like promise neighborhoods, who run the risk of closing their doors with urgent support.

Support CalWORKs Reforms that Put Families First

CalWORKs is the state’s bedrock safety net program serving 659,000 of our poorest children in families overwhelmingly led by Black and Latina mothers. Any reductions to a family’s CalWORKs cash grant would have compounding effects on children in that household. California already ranks as first in the nation for highest cost of living. Considering the skyrocketing cost of groceries coupled with attacks on CalFresh benefits, CalWORKs families cannot afford to lose a single dollar of cash assistance.

We urge the Legislature to support reforms that would repeal punitive sanctions, would allow families to retain their full CalWORKs grant when a child or someone in their Assistance Unit is “unlawfully detained.” The research is clear, deeper poverty is linked to family separation. We must defend CalWORKs grants.

Generate Progressive Revenues

Let’s be clear about something: California’s wealth was built by workers and communities—not billionaires and corporations.

We are the fourth-largest economy in the world because of the people who grow our food, teach our children, care for our elders, and keep our state running every single day.

California must act now to unrig our tax system, close corporate loopholes, and recoup the resources lost to billionaires so we can protect the programs families rely on.

In the fourth-largest economy in the world, no child should go hungry, no elder should have to choose between medications and rent, and no family should be pushed into homelessness.

Send your public comment in an email to SBUD.Committee@senate.ca.gov before, during, or immediately after the hearing ends. See the sample email below. 

To:   SBUD.Committee@senate.ca.gov 

CC: YeseniaRobancho@grace-inc.org 

Subject line: Protect California Families: Stop Hunger, Protect Healthcare, Raise Fair Revenues

[Your Name]

[Optional: Title / Affiliation]
[Email Address]
[Date]

Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
1020 N. Street, Room 502
Sacramento, CA 95814

RE: Protect California Families: Stop Hunger, Protect Healthcare, Raise Fair Revenues

Dear Chair Menjivar and Members of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee,

My name is [Name], and I am with [Organization]. I am also a proud member of the End Child Poverty California coalition. I write to you not just as [an advocate/parent/youth] but as part of a community of families, workers, parents, and neighbors who are deeply concerned about the direction of this budget.

California is on the brink of a preventable humanitarian crisis.

Nearly one million Californians could lose access to CalFresh, and an estimated 1 – 2 million could lose Medi-Cal coverage if the state does not act. These cuts threaten food assistance for one in five Californians who rely on SNAP. This is a scale of harm that meets the international threshold for famine conditions.

Children will bear the brunt of these decisions. When families lose food and health coverage, poverty deepens. And when poverty deepens, more families are pushed into the child welfare system, increasing the risk of family separation.

[Share your story!! How will this impact your family? Your children? Your parent(s)?] 

We cannot allow federal cruelty to mean hunger, medical crises, and higher poverty in our state, especially when we have the wealth and food to feed us all.

We urge California’s elected leaders to act now. Raise progressive revenues. Invest in Food for All Californians, Health for All Californians, and county worker support so that no child goes hungry, so people don’t die on our streets, and no family is separated because of poverty.

• Prevent a Famine by Expanding Food Assistance via the California Food Assistance Program (CFAP)

• Protect Medi-Cal for All

• Support County Eligibility Workers and Community Based Organizations

• Support CalWORKs Reforms that Put Families First

• Generate Progressive Revenues

Prevent a Famine by Expanding Food Assistance via the California Food Assistance Program (CFAP)

Right now, nearly 1 million CalFresh households are at risk of losing food assistance due to H.R. 1’s attacks on refugees, domestic violence survivors, veterans, foster youth, families with children, seniors, and unhoused people.

Beginning on June 1st 2026, approximately 665,000 people could lose benefits because they cannot meet new federal work requirements. Another 74,000 humanitarian immigrants are set to lose access to CalFresh in April due to xenophobic federal policies.

These are our neighbors. These are parents skipping meals so their children can eat. If California fails to act, families will go hungry. We urge you to expand and invest in the CFAP program so that Californians of all ages, regardless of immigration status or time limited status can access the food they need to survive and thrive. 

Protect Medi-Cal for All

Our families are facing premiums and enrollment freezes in Medi-Cal. Under the proposed budget, California mirrors federal work requirements for undocumented community members enrolled in state-funded Medi-Cal. 

That means, if people lose access to work because they are afraid of immigration enforcement in their workplaces or don’t have a commercial driver’s license to drive a vehicle, not only will they lose access to Medi-Cal but their enrollment freeze will also bar them from coming back once they address work barriers. 

Adding work requirements on top of these realities is unjust and harmful. We urge you to reject these policies and protect equitable access to healthcare for all.

Support County Eligibility Workers and Community Based Organizations

We urge the Department of Social Services to release the $20 million already allocated for counties and workers to respond to this crisis as quickly as possible. With inaction, and no immediate county worker support, we run the risk of seeing nearly 1 million Californians losing access to CalFresh. 

Further, nothing can replace having county eligibility workers sitting at the same table with staff from community-based organizations. We urge you to also fund those community based organizations, like promise neighborhoods, who run the risk of closing their doors with urgent support.

Support CalWORKs Reforms that Put Families First

CalWORKs is the state’s bedrock safety net program serving 659,000 of our poorest children in families overwhelmingly led by Black and Latina mothers. Any reductions to a family’s CalWORKs cash grant would have compounding effects on children in that household. California already ranks as first in the nation for highest cost of living. Considering the skyrocketing cost of groceries coupled with attacks on CalFresh benefits, CalWORKs families cannot afford to lose a single dollar of cash assistance.

We urge the Legislature to support reforms that would repeal punitive sanctions, would allow families to retain their full CalWORKs grant when a child or someone in their Assistance Unit is “unlawfully detained.” The research is clear, deeper poverty is linked to family separation. We must defend CalWORKs grants.

Generate Progressive Revenues

Let’s be clear about something: California’s wealth was built by workers and communities—not billionaires and corporations.

We are the fourth-largest economy in the world because of the people who grow our food, teach our children, care for our elders, and keep our state running every single day.

California must act now to unrig our tax system, close corporate loopholes, and recoup the resources lost to billionaires so we can protect the programs families rely on.

In the fourth-largest economy in the world, no child should go hungry, no elder should have to choose between medications and rent, and no family should be pushed into homelessness.

Sincerely,

[Name]

[Organization/Affiliation]

[Please Include the Senate District You Live In] 

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We urge California’s elected leaders to act for our people. Raise progressive revenues. Invest in Food for All Californians, Health for All Californians, and county worker support so that no child goes hungry, so people don’t die on our streets, and no family is separated because of poverty.

As part of the @EndChildPovCA Coalition, we are lifting up 5 priorities at this week’s CA Senate Budget Subcommittee 3 for Health & Human Services. Chair @SenCarolineMenjivar, Sen. @ShannonGroveCA, and @SenAkilahWeberPierson, help us uplift seniors, our immigrant family members, babies, preschoolers, parents, single people just starting their lives, foster youth, pregnant people, and all Californians. 

1. Prevent a Famine by Expanding Food Assistance via the California Food Assistance Program (CFAP)
2. Protect Medi-Cal for All
3. Support County Eligibility Workers and Community Based Organizations
4. Support CalWORKs Reforms that Put Families First
5. Generate Progressive Revenues

It’s simple: everyone deserves food. When we argue about who will go hungry, while billionaires get richer, something is deeply wrong. Help us turn the tide. #CABudget #EndChildPoverty #KeepFamiliesTogether

The EndChildPovCA Coalition is lifting up urgent priorities at this week’s CA Senate Budget Subcommittee 3 for Health & Human Services, led by Chair Senator @CarolineMenjivar, Senator @ShannonGrove, and Senator @AkilahWeberPierson.

Nearly 1 million Californians could lose CalFresh, and 1–2 million could lose Medi-Cal if the state does not act. Children will bear the brunt. As families lose food and health care, poverty deepens and the risk of family separation grows.

California has the resources. We need action now:
• Expand food access through CFAP
• Protect Medi-Cal for All
• Fund county workers & community-based organizations
• Strengthen CalWORKs for families
• Generate progressive revenues

In the fourth-largest economy in the world, no child should go hungry.

#EndChildPoverty #CABudget #KeepFamiliesTogether

Right now, California is at a crossroads.

As part of the @EndChildPovCA Coalition, we’re engaging in this week’s CA Senate Budget Subcommittee 3 for Health & Human Services alongside Chair @SenCarolineMenjivar, @ShannonGroveCA, and @SenAkilahWeberPierson, M.D. to push for urgent action to protect children and families.

The reality is stark:
Nearly 1 million people risk losing CalFresh, and up to 2 million could lose Medi-Cal. These aren’t just numbers, they are parents, children, seniors, and neighbors who rely on these programs to survive.

When families lose access to food and health care, the consequences ripple: deeper poverty, worse health outcomes, and more families pushed to the brink of separation.

But this outcome is not inevitable, it is a policy choice.

We are calling on state leaders to choose a different path:
➡️ Ensure food access for all through CFAP
➡️ Safeguard Medi-Cal and equitable access to care
➡️ Invest in the workforce and community partners delivering services
➡️ Protect and strengthen CalWORKs for the lowest-income families
➡️ Fix our tax system so it works for everyone — not just corporations

California’s economy is one of the largest in the world. We have the tools and the resources. What we need now is the political will.

CA is at a crossroads. Nearly 1M risk losing CalFresh & up to 2M Medi-Cal. It’s preventable. The @endchildpovca.bsky.social Coalition is at #CABudget Sub3 today.

@carolinemenjivar.bsky.social & @senakilahweber.bsky.social please act now: protect food, health care, & families.

#EndChildPoverty

A preventable crisis is unfolding in #California. Up to 1M could lose CalFresh & 2M Medi-Cal.

@EndChildPovCA Coalition is urging #CABudget leaders to act. @CarolineMenjiv3 @ShannonGroveCA please help protect families now. Everyone has a right to food & care. #CABudget

Español abajo. Rally for our children, families, and workers! Join End Child Poverty CA & SEIU CA’s annual IMAGINE Rally at the State Capitol.

#FundOurFutureNOW #EndChildPoverty

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Today in the CA Assembly Human Services Committee! The CA Child Poverty Reduction Advisory Council bill AB 1996 (@AsmMiaBonta), one of the End Child Poverty CA Coalition’s priority bills, is being heard. 

California is one of the wealthiest states in the nation, yet too many of our children grow up in poverty. AB 1996 establishes a California Child Poverty Reduction Advisory Council, charged with developing and evaluating policies to reduce overall child poverty in the state by 50 percent within 10 years. 

@alex_lee @asmcastillo @asmsadeelhawary @asmcoreyjackson @asmcelesterodriguez @asmtangipa help move #AB1996 forward. Our children deserve real solutions now.

Today! The CA Child Poverty Reduction Advisory Council bill #AB1996 (@AsmMiaBonta) is being heard, to develop & evaluate policies to cut child poverty by 50% w/in 10yrs.
⭐️ @alex_lee @asmcastillo @asmsadeelhawary @asmcoreyjackson @asmcelesterodriguez @asmtangipa help move us fwd.

California is one of the wealthiest states in the nation, yet too many of our children grow up in poverty. AB 1996 establishes a California Child Poverty Reduction Advisory Council, charged with developing and evaluating policies to reduce overall child poverty in the state by 50 percent within 10 years. Our children deserve real solutions now.