Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, provides needed health care services for families with children, persons with disabilities, children in foster care, pregnant women and people with specific diseases.

For many families with young children, access to affordable child care is key to finding and maintaining employment. Quality early learning programs have immediate and long-term bene ts for children and their families working to get out of poverty. CalWORKs is California’s implementation of the Federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, providing cash assistance and supportive services to eligible families with children.

Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program funding goes to community-based agencies to help parents access child care while they work or attend school. Every dollar invested in California child care generates $4 or more in returns.

Rising costs and increased regulations continue to place mounting pressure on nonprofit organizations. In California, stress on the system is especially driven by for profit competition, threats of defunding, and costs such as unemployment insurance, worker’s compensation, rent, utilities, healthcare, and litigation. This escalation has created a structural imbalance between an increased demand for services and operating costs that outpace revenue streams.