Jamie Austin

Poverty fighter. Proud @tippingpoint alum. Board member @village_ent. Husband. Runner. Cheap eats lover. He/him.

[Jamie Austin @jamieaustinSF]

@EpiHoodScholar I'm so sorry to hear about this, Sevly. I'll be thinking about you. Hugs from me.

[Tipping Point Community @tippingpoint]

We're thrilled to see #AB2881 signed by @CAgovernor! This marks an important step in creating equitable opportunities for #studentparents 👏

Thank you @AsmMarcBerman for your leadership and the many advocates @EdTrustWest @CalCompetes @michelsonpolicy @SuJinJez @chrisnellum

[Jamie Austin @jamieaustinSF]

It would indeed be transformative and historic, @CAgovernor @CASenateDems @AssemblyDems....to send 100% of child support payments to families currently receiving benefits. Now is the time to right a historic wrong and support California's most vulnerable.

[Truth and Justice in Child Support @csjusticeca]

NEW: @GavinNewsom proposes ensuring 100% of child support payments go to families formerly receiving public benefits assistance!

Let's be clear: this will be transformative and historic.

Here's what else @CAgovernor can do to support low-income children and families: 🧵

[Jamie Austin @jamieaustinSF]

Wow! Excited to see that @SenToniAtkins @NancySkinnerCA took action.

@CAgovernor, are you in?

[Truth and Justice in Child Support @csjusticeca]

NEW: The CA Senate just proposed ensuring 100% of all child support payments get to who needs them most: low-income children & parents.

This is huge. And if passed, it would put HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of $$$ back in families' pockets. Here's why @GavinNewsom needs to support it.🧵

[Jamie Austin @jamieaustinSF]

.@tippingpoint @TSFF @EndPovertyCA calling on @CAgovernor to direct ALL of child support to California's most vulnerable children. It's a time of budget prosperity. Why not right this historic wrong?

#CABudget #CALeg @csjusticeca

[Tipping Point Community @tippingpoint]

📢@CAgovernor: ensure 100% of child support payments go to kids.
“The state’s child support policies strip resources from the lowest-income families in our state, who are predominantly families of color.”
– CEO @sam_cobbs, @MichaelDTubbs @fredgblackwell https://t.co/YTsChaUMrq

[Jamie Austin @jamieaustinSF]

With so many resources, @CAgovernor, why does our state take from the most vulnerable? @Western_Center @latimes @EndPovertyCA

[Truth and Justice in Child Support @csjusticeca]

NEW in @LATimes: California takes child support payments from those who need it most: low-income children & parents.

@GavinNewsom, we shouldn't punish children & parents for being poor. Families need & deserve 100% of their child support payments.

https://t.co/7fRUoGNSxJ

[Daniel Lurie 丹尼爾·羅偉 @DanielLurie]

My good friend, Stef Demong, with an incredible piece about the tortuous nature of addiction. https://t.co/k1VbWsCbF1 via @sfchronicle

[Tipping Point Community @tippingpoint]

📰 @mercnews
– Fed stimulus payments
– more in unemployment benefits
– nonprofit aid programs
PREVENTED huge swaths of the Bay Area population from falling into poverty.
#TakingCount survey from @tippingpoint @oandbinstitute
https://t.co/EPBlh7Utr1

[Danny Schneider @dannyjschneider]

Making ends-meeting in the Bay Area has never been easy. w/ my wonderful colleagues at @UCBerkeley + @tippingpoint, we’ve been #TakingCount by tracking 1,300 people 2018-2021 to learn what happened during COVID19. Low-income, Black, + Latinx residents...🧵
https://t.co/uI6v1ACovc

[Jamie Austin @jamieaustinSF]

Does #TakingCount provide any hope? Yup. @sam_cobbs: "...a robust, stable, and effective nonprofit sector is an essential component of the social safety net." And it turns out government benefits mattered. Like, a lot. #COVID19

[Tipping Point Community @tippingpoint]

Nonprofits answered the call during #COVID19.
Bay Area households facing housing and economic insecurity were more than 2⃣x as likely to look to nonprofits for support during the pandemic than before. #TakingCount
https://t.co/vmvfywXmvC

[Jamie Austin @jamieaustinSF]

1 in 5 Bay Area residents remain in poverty. While we all felt pain of the pandemic, the burden of poverty fell disproportionately on low-income, Black, and Latinx community members. #TakingCount @tippingpoint

[Tipping Point Community @tippingpoint]

📢 Poverty and the Pandemic: New findings from Tipping Point: https://t.co/D5kEi0rY4n

Despite the enormous economic impact of #COVID19, the rate of poverty did NOT change during the pandemic.

What kept it from increasing? #TakingCount 2021 findings in this thread👇

[Jamie Austin @jamieaustinSF]

Well said, Janasha. There are solutions to homelessness out there. Let's invest in them.

[Tipping Point Community @tippingpoint]

"And so, it's our hope one day that this pilot will no longer be a pilot but it's a way that thousands of other people across the state of California can stay housed,"
– Janasha Higgins, Learning + Evaluation Manager at Tipping Point Community.
https://t.co/MJ5oLVvmA0

[Jamie Austin @jamieaustinSF]

Pretty cool being featured in @tippingpoint's #MadebytheBay. Even better sharing my love for all you Bay Area folks.

[Tipping Point Community @tippingpoint]

“Don’t get me wrong, Bay Area. At times, you can exhaust me with your accomplishments, your accolades and your dedication. But no place does it better.”
– @jamieaustinSF Sr. Director of Impact, in his love letter to the #BayArea... https://t.co/xXhO7CTstu
#MadebytheBay

[Daniel Lurie 丹尼爾·羅偉 @DanielLurie]

833 Bryant is open! Proof that SF can house our unhoused neighbors more quickly and efficiently (and in a beautiful building) than ever before. Now, we need our elected to greenlight more housing. We will continue the fight. ⁦@tippingpoint⁩ ⁦@_SFHAF⁩

[Tipping Point Community @tippingpoint]

New @Oakland program with @LibbySchaaf helps cover rent for extremely low-income households. Funded partly by Tipping Point with implementation by @CommunitySvcs, programs like this keep more people housed and encourage solutions to #endhomelessness. https://t.co/EhkYbk37XO

[Jamie Austin @jamieaustinSF]

.@SFJason888 is a world-class puzzle solver, both in and out of work. Awesome colleague @tippingpoint. #MadebytheBay

[Tipping Point Community @tippingpoint]

Meet Jason. He’s devoted 8 years serving as Tipping Point’s ‘numbers guy.' He's also a hardcore @49ers fan, traveling to Detroit + Philadelphia for the first games of the season! #MadebytheBay

[Jamie Austin @jamieaustinSF]

As we exit the pandemic (yes please), words of hope from @tippingpoint CEO @sam_cobbs. Let's band together. #MadebytheBay

[Tipping Point Community @tippingpoint]

Let's engage boldly, working to create a #BayArea we can be proud of. #MadebytheBay Read on... https://t.co/YuTvySreX7

[Sam Cobbs @sam_cobbs]

Will we continue to focus on what's broken in the Bay Area, or rally for something better? If you know @TippingPoint, you know we will always choose to rally. We are #MadebytheBay.

[Jamie Austin @jamieaustinSF]

"You’re asking parents to ‘support their children,’ and then you take the money?” Thank you @elibhager @propublica for writing about how we make it so difficult for so many to get public assistance. @csjusticeca

https://t.co/P0cCCvPDPx

[Tipping Point Community @tippingpoint]

We love to see @kerrywashington championing the #ChildTaxCredit! Check out answers to your most-asked questions about this poverty-fighting payment
@EconomicSecProj