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CWDA Press Releases

Governor's Budget Fails our Future, Kills Jobs and Economic Recovery
May 14, 2010

New Controller's Office Report Overstates Level of IHSS Overpayments to "Deceased Persons"
February 2, 2010

County Child Welfare Agencies Praise Federally Funded Guardianship Rule Change
January 12, 2010

Children, Vulnerable Deserve Better than Governor's Game of Chicken
January 8, 2010

Cutting Vital Programs Means Killing Jobs
January 6, 2010

Frustration/Unanswered Questions Continue with In-Home Care Changes
November 5, 2009

Counties Dismayed State Pushing Ahead with In-Home Care Services Changes, Leaving Elderly and Disabled Vulnerable
October 28, 2009

CWDA in the News

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