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End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · Apr 8

📢RALLY in #Sacramento 5/21/25!

💪🏾Strength in COMMUNITY!
🌟Power to our WORKERS!
🍇Abundance for our CHILDREN!

Put on by End Child Poverty CA & @seiuca.bsky.social. 10am start; 11am speakers; legislative visits follow.
Come for solidarity, food, & community.

www.tinyurl.com/JoinTheMayRally

Sign promoting the rally in Sacramento: Strength in Community, Power to our Workers, Abundance for our Children, to push California Forward.

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End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · 1d

Tell Congress to fund the government now! 👉 bit.ly/FUNDWIC26

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End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · 5d

From CDSS:
“Millions of Californians receiving benefits from State programs may be impacted beginning as early as November. We are able to fund benefits for the month of October; however, a prolonged shutdown could put CDSS programs at risk.”

Get more information below.

www.cdss.ca.gov

Home | California Dept. of Social Services

www.cdss.ca.gov

End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · 5d

WIC is OPEN! Even during a government shutdown, WIC services and benefits remain
available.
�� Keep your appointments.
�� Use your WIC card at the store.
Your family’s health and nutrition come first—don’t miss out on your benefits!
Find updates at: myfamily.wic.ca.gov/Home/Federal...

End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · 5d

We urge @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social to sign #AB495 (Rodriguez) and stand with CA families. AB 495 keeps families together by giving parents the legal tools to ensure their kids are safe w/ trusted caregivers.
Call 916-445-2841 and say: “I support AB 495 because it will keep families together.”

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National WIC Association @natwicassoc.bsky.social · 7d

🗣️ A prolonged government shutdown will put babies and kids on #WIC at risk. Use your voice to urge your representatives to fund the government and ensure no disruptions to WIC using the link below!

💡 TAKE ACTION: nwica.salsalabs.org/publicfundth...

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MomsRising @momsrising.org · 7d

We hear about what is happening with the Women, Infants, and Children nutrition program WIC and how you can help make sure that does not sunset w/ @natwicassoc.bsky.social. #MomSky

Listen here: https://www.momsrising.org/bt22sep25

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkrx4smtpQQ

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End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you to all of our AB 461 Support not Punishment for Truancy advocates, especially @westerncenter.bsky.social @seiuca.org!

More info: www.politico.com/news/2025/10... #AB461 #CALeg

Gavin Newsom ends Kamala Harris' California anti-truancy law

Harris championed the controversial policy penalizing parents for their children's chronic truancy during her time as San Francisco district attorney.

www.politico.com

End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · 5d

“Thank you to @gavinnewsom.bsky.social for signing my bill to repeal this failed policy of criminalizing struggling California families for their children missing school; families and kids need support, not criminal charges and fines, to improve school attendance."- Asm. Patrick Ahrens #AB461 #CALeg

Advocates stand proudly with the text "Good news! AB 461 (Ahrens)"

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End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · 5d

✨Good news! @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social signed #AB461, to put support over punishment for school truancy (chronic absence) issues.

From Yesenia Jimenez, Sr. Policy Associate: “I’m deeply grateful the Governor has signed this bill — in honor of all the children who deserve support, not trauma.”

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National WIC Association @natwicassoc.bsky.social · 5d

ℹ️ We’ve seen some questions about how WIC operates during a shutdown. Here’s what you should know:
❓ Is WIC open? A: Yes.
❓ Can families still use benefits? A: Yes.
❓ What happens if the shutdown continues? A: States have contingency plans.

Urge Congress to reach a deal: bit.ly/FUNDWIC26

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End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · 6d

Via: @calwicassociation.bsky.social

🚨Please share all information and resources to keep families whole during times of uncertainty.

End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · 12d

🍎 IMAGINE Bills are on the Governor's Desk!
#SB411 (Perez) would fight child hunger by creating a single, translated SUN Bucks application website, providing critical access for 1.8 million CA kids. Take action now and ask @governor.ca.gov to fight child hunger!!
act.cafoodbanks.org/sb411perez?m...

End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · 12d

⭐IMAGINE Bills are on the Governor's Desk!!
#AB461 (Ahrens) will repeal the criminal penalties for parents if children need help to attend school. Families need more support, not less!
Use our email template and urge Gov. Newsom to sign #AB461!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · 15d

💕 We are so proud that #AB461 (Ahrens) made it to the Governor's desk! AB 461 strikes down an unjust system that punishes families for struggling with school attendance and affirms every child’s freedom to learn without their families being treated like criminals.
edsource.org/2025/califor...

The California education bills that made it to Newsom’s desk, and those that didn’t

California lawmakers passed several education bills in the final hours of the legislative session, including measures to reduce antisemitism in schools, increase oversight of charter schools and ban u...

edsource.org

End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · 18d

🎉 We encourage your continued advocacy as our sponsored bills hit the Governor's desk!
🎯 #SB411 (Perez)
🎯 #AB461 (Ahrens)
🎯 #AB777 (Rodriguez)
🎯 #AB969 (Rodriguez)
🎯 #AB1324 (Sharp-Collins)

End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · 20d

💯 Assemblymember Corey Jackson looks ahead to January and the uncertainty of what might transpire before the legislative session commences.
We thank the Assembly for their comprehensive work.
#EndChildPoverty #CABudget #HR1 #BigUglyBill #BigBeautifulBill

End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · 20d

💓 This Saturday 10 AM (ET)!!
🎧 Tune in to the INSPIRE broadcast with special guest President & CEO of End Child Poverty CA Shimica Gaskins! We can't wait this inspiring conversation. Tune in below! 🔽
linktr.ee/watchinspire

End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · 21d

No one wins when families are ripped apart or food and medical care is taken away.

Thank you Asm. Gabriel, Asm. Mia Bonta, Asm. Corey Jackson, Asm. Dawn Addis, Asm. Alex Lee and all members of the Assembly Budget Committee.

#EndChildPoverty #CABudget #HR1 #BigUglyBill #BigBeautifulBill

End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · 26d

#AB461 (Ahrens) is off to the Governor's desk! Ahrens stated, “I am thankful to my colleagues for passing this repeal of a failed policy that criminalizes struggling CA families for their children missing school.”

#AB461 #AsmAhrens #EndChildPoverty #SchoolAttendance #Truancy #SupportOverPunishment

End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · 28d

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 @calbudgetcenter.org Analyzes the Census Bureau's 2024 Poverty, Income and Health Insurance Data

"By not making the $2,200 Child Tax Credit fully refundable Congress and President Trump missed an opportunity to substantially reduce child poverty."

Read more here:

www.cbpp.org/blog/analyzi...

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Child Poverty Rates Have Widened After 2021's Child Tax Credit Expansion and Other Pandemic Relief Narrowed Them | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Child poverty rates remained much higher across all racial and ethnic groups in 2024 than they were...

www.cbpp.org

End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · 28d

SB411 (Pérez) has PASSED Legislature & is headed to the Gov’s office!
The Stop Child Hunger Act of 2025 addresses the gaps in school meal programs- addressing summer breaks, streamlining registration & protecting personal data.
Kids have the right to access the nutritious meals they need to thrive!

End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · 28d

Our President and CEO Shimica Gaskins, alongside Co-Executive Director of Liberation in a Generation Solana Rice have a lot to say about what Trump Accounts actually mean for families.

Read more! ⤵️

lnkd.in/g78rEzHt

End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · 28d

🥕Thank you #CALeg for standing with students as #SB411 (Perez) "The Stop Child Hunger Act" goes to the Senate for a concurrence vote!! @seiuca.org
seiuca.org/press-releas...

SEIU California | Assembly Approves Legislation to Ensure No Child in the State Goes Hungry Over Summer Break (SB 411, Pérez)

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California today applauded State Assemblymembers for supporting SB 411 (Pérez), a bill to help ensure children in low-income families receive access to...

seiuca.org

End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · Aug 26

💪#AB238 (@asmharabedian
and co-authored by @senatorsrp) the Mortgage Forbearance Act, which allows wildfire-affected homeowners to pause mortgage payments for up to one year without penalties or foreclosure risk & provides families with the stability & relief they need to rebuild their lives.

End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · Aug 25

📢 We are happy that elected leaders are standing up, but there is real work to do to raise revenues and drive a more equitable California.

#ChildPoverty #HealthcareCuts #FoodAssistance #ChildTaxCredit #BillionaireTaxBreaks #Deportation #Equity #Childcare #TrueCostOfCare

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