Open Forum: Budget cuts reduce opportunities for California's women and families - Women's Foundation California

Judy Patrick, President and CEO of the Women's Foundation of California and Sande Smith, Director of Communications at the Women's Foundation of California

As seen on The Opinion Shop of the San Francisco Chronicle

May 19, 2010 – The governor's revision to the state budget is unconscionable. By completely eliminating CalWORKS, California's welfare-to-work program, along with all child-care assistance, it unfairly saddles working mothers and families with balancing the budget and thwarts opportunities for low-income women to move themselves and their families out of poverty. Read more on the San Francisco Chronicle website.

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