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Pastor Scot Sorensen of St. John’s
Lutheran Church welcomes people
to a Jan. 7, 2010 Health and Human
Services Network of California press
conference in St. John’s Hall, during
food distribution by Central
Downtown Food Basket.
Foodlink truck departs St. John’s on
day of press conference lamenting
cuts in public safety net programs.
Photos: Mark Carlson
Important State Budget Education and Advocacy Information
Remember the Poor (and children, the elderly, disabled, addicted, and others who sometimes need a public safety net to survive with a measure of dignity):
NEW $15 billion in health and human services cuts in the last 3 years! A new report (June 2011), with personal stories, from the Health and Human Services Network of California.
Please build your own budget! Policymakers are paying attention to the results! Take the Next 10 2011 Budget challenge! (updated May 2011)
Build a state budget with the Sacramento Bee interactive budget tool.
Health and Human Services Network
California Budget Project
Health Access
Western Center on Law and Poverty
Legislative Analyst Office
CA Dept of Finance
Budget/Governance Reform Efforts
Help our California neighbors in need! Join Former California First Lady Maria Shriver as WE Connect to access state and federal programs and services for financial, nutrition, and employment aid, support for education, and other resources.
Materials from January's Working Families Policy Summit are now available at www.ccrwf.org
Topics include:
California's Continuing Budget Crisis
Securing the Safety Net
Health Care and Health Care Reform
Connecting Health and Education
Child Care, Early Education & Hospital Breastfeeding Policy
Asset Protection and Asset Building
Workplaces that Work for Families
ELCA World Hunger
Responding to Christ's call to "Go and do likewise"
You can make a life-saving difference! Give to ELCA World Hunger.
ELCA World Hunger is a comprehensive and sustainable program that uses multiple strategies—relief and development, education, and advocacy—to address the root causes of hunger and poverty. ELCA World Hunger responds to neighbors around the corner and around the world.
Help and Hope for Haiti through ELCA Disaster Response
Photo: Paul Jeffrey/
ACT-International
With gifts to ELCA Disaster Response, members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have enabled ELCA's community partners to provide two water purification systems to bring clean water to 25,000 people , emergency food and medical supplies to thousands, and blankets and tents to 10,000 who are homeless. Additional aid is going to assist refugees and Haitian Americans entering or returning to the U.S.