CalEITC Expands Economic Security

key takeaway Black women have helped propel California into becoming the fourth-largest economy in the world, yet Congressional proposals to cut essential programs like health coverage and nutrition assistance would disproportionately harm them. These cuts compound the systemic racism, economic inequality, and generational trauma Black women in California already face. Access to affordable health care, … Continued

California's paid family leave program excludes many workers, especially LGBTQ+ and immigrants, from taking leave to care for loved ones because the program's definition of family is too narrow.