On this edition of Your Call, we’ll hear from activists who have just concluded a bus tour of California to end child poverty across the state.
Nearly 2 million children in California live in poverty – about one in five kids. 450,000 of them are part of families surviving on less than 12,900 dollars a year. Advocates have been touring the state by bus to raise support for a policy plan to end deep child poverty. What will it take to address this crisis in California?
Guests:
Conway Collis, president and CEO of GRACE, co-chair of California's Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force, member of the California State Commission on Children and Families (the state First 5 Commission), and founding Board Chair of the National Foster Youth Institute
Brittany Jackson, academic advocate with the Chula Vista Promise Neighborhood
Web Resources:
CNBC: California plan aims to slash state’s child poverty rate in half by 2039
End Child Poverty in California: The Plan
NPR: Proposed Rule Could Evict 55,000 Children From Subsidized Housing
