CodyJBAY

[Debbie Raucher @DebRauch]

After 1 year of college, too many students lose their #finaid due to satisfactory academic policies & never return. Passing #AB789 is crucial in allowing students to keep financial aid or regain access upon re-enrollment in order to complete college. #PassAB789 @ChrisHoldenNews

[End Child Poverty CA powered by GRACE @EndChildPovCA]

💥HAPPENING NOW! @MakeItForAll press conference on #AB1128 (@MSantiagoAD54) & #AB1498 (@AsmMikeGipson)

✅#AB1128 provides dependents who are too old to qualify for the current Young Child Tax Credit w up to $1,083 annually.

✅#AB1498 raises the #CalEITC minimum from $1 to $300

[End Child Poverty CA powered by GRACE @EndChildPovCA]

🌈A vote for #AB1128 (@MSantiagoAD54) and #AB1498 (@AsmMikeGipson) is a vote for families and a vote to end poverty!

📢Tax credits reduce poverty!
📢Tax credits work!

@GSOpportunity @MakeItForAll @UnitedWaysCA @CalEITC4Me @EndPovertyCA

[Andrew Cheyne @cheyne_andrew]

@AsmArambula opens #CAleg #CAbudget hearing: #CalWORKs is a critical, but underutilized, program to stabilize families and prevent child welfare impact, and we can achieve that if we make it a priority to #ReimagineCalWORKs

[End Child Poverty CA powered by GRACE @EndChildPovCA]

🌻HOPE Accounts in California!
🌳$100M now
🌲$15M ongoing

🌱🌿💓🌿🌱
This $$ seeds the future with dreams & takes away anxiety for many of CA’s #COVID orphans & #FosterYouth.
🌱🌿💓🌿🌱

🌻We IMAGINED it & now it's happening!
#HOPEAccounts #CABudget

[End Child Poverty CA powered by GRACE @EndChildPovCA]

"I did not get a running start in getting out of poverty; therefore, I must work twice as hard to ensure my daughter does not stay stuck in poverty." - Cody, @JBAforYouth

That's why today's investment is so important - #BabyBonds will begin to eradicate generational poverty💪🏽❤️

[Michael Tubbs @MichaelDTubbs]

Yesterday was EPIC.

Grateful to lawmakers, advocates, coalition partners for showing up at the Capitol to send a clear message: With a $97 billion state budget surplus, we can and must act with urgency to eliminate poverty in California.

Thanks @FOX40 for this piece.

[End Child Poverty CA powered by GRACE @EndChildPovCA]

ACTION: @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom there's no return to normal for 32,000+ children in CA orphaned by #COVID.

🌟Ending child poverty is our state's ✨North Star✨ 🌟Let's include #HOPEAccounts in the #CABudget

#EndChildPoverty #EndPoverty @EndChildPovCA

[End Child Poverty CA powered by GRACE @EndChildPovCA]

🎉Thank you @SenToniAtkins @Rendon63rd @NancySkinnerCA @AsmPhilTing for including $100M for #HOPEAccounts in the #CaBudget, which will:

✅ Help shrink the #RacialWealthGap
✅ Go to children who lost a parent or guardian to #COVID & to youth in long-term #FosterCare.

[NCYL Health @NCYLHealth]

Don’t miss out on hundreds to thousands of dollars in tax refunds! Learn how tax filing benefits foster youth and start the conversation about free tax filing today!

https://t.co/UvQoFWw35B #taxes #fosteryouth #CalEITC #EITC #GetYourTaxCredits

[The National Center for Youth Law @NCYLnews]

https://t.co/tIHr2DTX7t

[NCYL Health @NCYLHealth]

The RHEP Youth Advisory Board; a collective group of advocates and former foster youth, thoughtfully developed a supportive reference guide for professionals who collaborate with foster youth on advocacy work. View 'Top Tips for Youth Engagement' here https://t.co/2ePxU611TQ

[CodyJBAY @CodyJbay]

Today is EITC Awareness Day! It’s easy to claim both your federal EITC and CalEITC. Just file your taxes! Looking for a free, IRS authorized tax preparer? Visit CalEITC4Me.
org/fileyourtaxes/ to connect. #CalEITC4Me #EITCAware #EITCAwarenessDay

[CodyJBAY @CodyJbay]

@SeanYoungSG I haven't been able to preorder is as well? Being able to preorder today is correct right?

[John Burton Advocates for Youth @JBAforYouth]

What the Pandemic Means for Youth in Foster Care and their Families https://t.co/HpGZoG7vq8

[John Burton Advocates for Youth @JBAforYouth]

Coronavirus cases are rising in jails and detention centers, but efforts to decarcerate are slowing. It’s critical that we keep on the pressure to release young people and reunite them with their families during this crisis: https://t.co/HRxPqgBPWn | #FreeOurYouth

[John Burton Advocates for Youth @JBAforYouth]

The Burton Book Fund has provided over $1.9 million to cover textbooks and critical needs costs to more than 7,700 current and former foster youth in California colleges.

Read the full article: JBAY Advances College Success One Book at a Time
▸ https://t.co/ME1fzuKfBJ

[John Burton Advocates for Youth @JBAforYouth]

Call on Congress to help youth in #FosterCare by endorsing the Supporting Foster Youth and Families through the Pandemic Act. Sign on to this letter and support an increase of Chafee funds by $400m and a moratorium on youth aging out. https://t.co/kY8Hqo3aKb @ChildrensRights

[John Burton Advocates for Youth @JBAforYouth]

During the pandemic, changes to the #juvenilejustice system have reduced youth incarceration, with virtually no incidence of serious new offending from young people who would have been confined. These changes must continue: https://t.co/xQgR5zBdep | #FreeOurYouth

[John Burton Advocates for Youth @JBAforYouth]

Aja is one of the 1,000 current and former foster youth served by the Burton Book Fund in the 2019-20 academic year.

Read the full article: JBAY Advances College Success One Book at a Time
▸ https://t.co/0i0gSmlEYR

#FosterYouth #FreeTextBooks