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CWDA Statements & Press Releases
2012
Proposed $1.4 Billion Cut to CalWORKs Devastating to Children
January 5, 2012
CWDA in the News
2012
Cuts to CalWORKs fall the hardest on state’s neediest kids
Sacramento Bee, February 29, 2012
Frank Mecca, CWDA Executive Director
2011
California ahead of the game in health care reform
Capitol Weekly, August 4, 2011
Philip Browning, Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services Director
Key to successful automation is state-counties partnership
Capitol Weekly, March 10, 2011
Bruce Wagstaff, Sacramento County Countywide Services Agency Administrator
2010
Politics, short-sighted moves marked governor's actions on social services
Capitol Weekly, November 18, 2010
Frank Mecca, CWDA Executive Director
They would love to be working alongside others this Labor Day
The Bakersfield Californian, September 3, 2010
Pat Cheadle, Kern County Department of Human Services Director
A better picture of welfare families
Press Democrat, July 6, 2010
Jo Weber, Sonoma County Human Services Director
Legislature needs to restore child protection funds
The Sonoma Index-Tribune, May 27, 2010
Jo Weber, Sonoma County Human Services Director
Halting California welfare would shift costs to counties
Los Angeles Times, May 21, 2010
An unprincipled approach to balancing the budget
Times-Standard, May 18, 2010
Phillip R. Crandall, Humboldt County Health and Human Services Director
California would be the only state wihtout welfare-to-work program
The Sacramento Bee, May 15, 2010
State cuts devastate children
The Press-Enterprise, May 8, 2010
Susan Loew, Riverside County Director of Public Social Services
State budget cuts put San Mateo County children in harm's way
Mercury News, May 6, 2010
Beverly Beasley Johnson, San Mateo County Human Services Director
My Word: Caring for our most vulnerable children
Times-Standard, April 26, 2010
Phillip R. Crandall, Humboldt County Health and Human Services Director
Reader's Forum: California lawmakers need to restore child welfare funding
Contra Costa Times, April 24, 2010
Joe Valentine, Contra Costa County Employment and Human Services Director
Restore child welfare funding: Our most vulnerable children deserve no less
Capitol Weekly, April 22, 2010
Cathi Grams, Butte County Employment and Social Services Director
Budget pain: Cutting vital programs misses the human element
Capitol Weekly, February 11, 2010
Frank Mecca, CWDA Executive Director
My View: Whitman, Poizner deeply distort CalWORKs picture
The Sacramento Bee, February 21, 2010
Frank Mecca, CWDA Executive Director
Viewpoints: Welfare cuts threaten growth of jobs
The Sacramento Bee, January 6, 2010
Cathi Grams, CWDA Past President and Butte County Director of Employment and Social Services