Fact Sheet
Even Before COVID-19, Few Children Received Beneficial Home Visiting Services
As families across California struggle with COVID-19, it is increasingly critical that children have the resources they need at birth to lay the foundation for lifelong well-being. Assets such as family, health, and financial resources are strongly associated with child health and resilience, and with fewer harmful experiences such as involvement in the child welfare system. When children are exposed to adverse experiences and toxic stress, early intervention tools like evidence-based home visiting can reduce or prevent negative outcomes.
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Low-Paid Workers and Their Families Take Another Blow as California Begins to Lose Jobs Again
California is losing jobs again. As COVID-19 cases surged in late 2020 and new restrictions affecting businesses had to be put in place, California began to lose jobs again for the first time since the pandemic began. This deepened the massive hole in the state’s job market. In total, California had 1.5 million fewer jobs in December than in February 2020, the month before the COVID-19 recession began. As 2020 came to an end – and 10 months into the COVID-19 recession – California was still down more jobs than the state lost during the Great Recession.
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Undocumented Californians and Their Children Were Excluded From Thousands of Dollars in Federal Recovery Rebates
Undocumented Californians and mixed status families have been excluded from thousands of dollars in federal aid and most other supports during the worst recession in generations.
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Many Low-Income Californians Eligible for Proposed State Stimulus Work in Industries Hit Hard by COVID-19 Layoffs
Governor Newsom’s proposed Golden State Stimulus directs $600 payments to tax filers eligible for the CalEITC. Many of these Californians work in low-wage positions in industries that have been hit hard by COVID-19 job losses.
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California’s 17 Million Renters Face Housing Instability and Inequity Before and After COVID-19
Almost 17 million Californians — 44% of all state residents — live in homes that are rented. As the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have unfolded, the urgent needs of California’s renters have rightly received significant attention, including calls for eviction moratoriums, rental assistance, and production of more affordable housing. Many of the millions of workers who have lost jobs fear missing rent payments and losing a safe home for their families at a time when having a safe and stable home is especially vital for both personal health and public health. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic and recession, when the state’s economy was booming, millions of California renters struggled to afford the high cost of their housing. In the coming months, California’s local, state, and federal policymakers will have choices and decisions to make about how to address the needs of renters through proposed changes in laws and new policy proposals.