On February 10, The End Child Poverty California Coalition, of over 180 organizations across the state, gathered for Community Power Building Day 2026 w/ a clear message: CA children can't wait. Read more: www.endchildpovertyca.org/community-po...

#BlackHistoryMonth spotlight: 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 is a lifelong defender of vulnerable communities, including #workers, #immigrants, tenants, and children. ✊🏾 Earlier this month, she announced she would be forming a team of legal observers to monitor and document #ICE raids in

Sen. Maria Elena Durazo has introduced #SB1149! 🎉 SB1149 would update CA’s bereavement leave law so workers can take protected time off following the loss of a chosen or extended family member: because family looks different for everyone, and our laws should reflect that.

We need people in the streets and people in the Capitol! Thank you @equalrightsadv.bsky.social for your work pushing for tax credits that benefit families and low-income Californians. We've had enough of tax credits that benefit the wealthy. #EndChildPoverty

That's why we're proud to co-sponsor, alongside the Prosper CA coalition, AB 1690 by Asm. Ahrens to ensure even more CA families can access the Young Child Tax Credit. @endchildpovca.bsky.social #ProsperCA

“He’s not the same boy as he was before.” Children’s well-being should be the first thing we think of in every action we take. Right now, ICE is terrorizing communities. Stop the terror. Protect children’s health and well-being. #KeepFamiliesTogether #KidsHealth www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

We support WIC and our local, amazing @calwicassociation.bsky.social agencies! #EndChildPoverty

"My clothes are different, my face is different, my hair is different, but I am somebody. I am Black, Brown, white. I speak a different language, but I must be respected, protected, never rejected." Rest in power, Rev. Jesse Jackson. www.youtube.com/shorts/o-lf4... #JesseJackson #RIP

The CA Children's Caucus puts children’s well-being first! 🐻Early childhood & childcare access 🧸Child welfare & foster care 💗Physical & mental health ✏️Education & civic engagement 🕊️Youth justice & shared safety 🏘️Housing security ☀️Economic security & financial literacy @angelamswinca.bsky.social

Richard Raya of Marin Promise Partnership shared how the Canal Promise Neighborhood is breaking down silos in the most segregated Latino community in the Bay Area: rallying leaders across sectors to ensure children are on a path to college and career. @asmmiabonta.bsky.social

United Ways of California, a proud co-lead of the Prosper CA coalition (formerly CalEITC Coalition), helped organize our partners from across the state in Sacramento for our annual coalition advocacy day! #ProsperCA @endchildpovca.bsky.social

We had a great day at the Capitol at the End Child Poverty CA coalition's Policy and Power Building Day!

Thank you, Senator Smallwood Cuevas for standing firm in defense of California’s safety net and for fighting to protect the health and dignity of our communities. #HealthCareForAll #ProtectMediCal #CASenate

Tomorrow, we’re standing up for truth, transparency, and justice. Join us at the Altadena for Accountability Press Conference as community members come together to demand answers and real accountability. Our voices matter and when we stand united, we are impossible to ignore.

The ECPCA Coaliton, California families, and other leading advocates on Tuesday called on state lawmakers to take bold actions to reduce poverty and insulate Californians against Washington’s retribution-driven funding cuts. Read more here: www.endchildpovertyca.org/end-child-po...

Kalisha Monee' Goodwin, M.S., Fresno-based marriage & family therapist & consultant said it clearly: budgets & line items matter, but what really matters is what policies mean at the kitchen table. #EndChildPovertyCA #AB1690 #FundFamilies #EconomicJustice #CommunityPower

“When the federal government pulls back, CA families pay the price. And yet, we keep hearing there’s no money. We refuse the false choice of doing nothing or cutting vital programs.” — Yesenia Robancho, Associate Director of Policy & Strategy, ECPCA 📍 Community Power Building Day at the Capitol

We’re calling for bold actions to reduce poverty and protect Californians against Washington’s retribution-driven funding cuts. The End Child Poverty California Coalition of 180+ groups is in Sacramento TODAY! #EndChildPoverty #ForwardTogether @parentvoicesca.bsky.social

We celebrate the win for immigrant taxpayers from a federal court in Massachusetts that just blocked ICE from being able to use ANY taxpayer data, including the records it got last summer, an important victory for millions of families & businesses this tax season. www.scrippsnews.com/politics/imm...

This week we’re joining Amy from Golden State Opportunity in celebration of #CalEITC Week and the power of tax credits to lift families up. The Earned Income Tax Credit is one of the most effective tools to reduce poverty—helping families cover basics, improve child and maternal health.

🌞We're in Sacramento with the #ProsperCA Coalition & CA legislators calling on leaders to expand the #YoungChildTaxCredit & protect free tax prep services. 🆘We've got to help working families & small biz with rising costs amid federal cuts to food, childcare, & healthcare.

Anyone with a heart and soul should agree that children and babies do not belong behind bars. Thousands of kids will carry a lifetime of trauma and PTSD, done in our name, funded by our tax dollars.

@cbsnews.com reports measles infections at Dilley (where 5-year-old Liam was detained). Neha Desai (NCYL): “We are deeply concerned for the physical and the mental health of every family detained at Dilley… no family needs to be detained — this is a choice.” www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...

At just 15 years old, Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat, nine months before Rosa Parks, reminding us that young people are at the heart of change. This Black History Month, let’s honor the courage of our youth by building a future where every child feels nourished, valued and free.

This DHS funding package is a blank check. Until there’s radical transparency, real accountability, and a shift toward community support and legal representation, we must VOTE NO. Stand with families. Stop the misuse of funds. (202) 224-3121 📞 Call your Representative and demand a NO vote.

👏ECPCA’s Yesenia Robancho discusses the concerning proposal in the governor’s January budget that would impose work requirements specifically on immigrants receiving state-funded Medi-Cal benefits.

Community advocate Kalisha Goodwin’s message at the Stronger CA reception puts a human face on #CalWORKs, #Medi-Cal, #CalFresh, and Black Infant Health matter. “These are not line items in a budget. They are the resources that held me up while I built a stronger life for myself and my kids.”

Grateful for a powerful evening at the Stronger CA reception, coming together with our partners and elected champions like Senate President pro Tempore Senator Monique Limón and hearing from community advocate Kalisha Goodwin. 💛

Yesterday, Yesenia Robancho of ECPCA delivered a clear message: defend Medi-Cal and CalFresh, end the Medi-Cal enrollment freeze and discriminatory premiums, and adopt progressive, sustainable revenues. 💪 Families deserve care, not cuts. #CABudget #AssemblyBudget #ProtectMediCal #CareNotCuts

Thank you, Kim and Angie, for your unwavering commitment to children, families, and a more just and compassionate system. www.chhs.ca.gov/blog/2026/01...

🕊️On MLK Day, we carry forward a legacy rooted in courage, compassion, and nonviolence. Today and every day, we can resist injustice by choosing wisdom and action. We do this by standing with families, advocating for fair policies, and making sure every child has the chance to thrive.

There is a solution to fully address the SNAP harm caused by H.R. 1. Tell Congress to support the Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act and #stopthatSNAPshift to states in FY26 appropriations. Act now: secure.everyaction.com/Wf7TjlCO3kue...

ECPCA applauds investments in the proposed 2026-27 budget designed to address food insecurity & wildfire recovery & calls on legislators to build on @governor.ca.gov's plan so no Californian goes hungry or lacks access to healthcare bc of federal rollbacks.  www.endchildpovertyca.org/release-ecpc...

California @governor.ca.gov released his #CABudget today. We applaud investments in #SUNBucks, #childcare for communities impacted by LA fires, & CalFresh. In the face of attacks on programs critical to the well-being of CA's kids & families, the Legislature must do more to defend Californians.

BREAKING: Judge blocks Trump from freezing billions in social services funds. via @nytimes.com This is huge for #ChildCare & social safety net programs that help families lift themselves out of poverty. Trump was targeting 5 blue states: CA, CO, IL, MN, NY. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

The #ProsperCA Coalition is grateful to @governor.ca.gov for protecting #FreeTaxPrep services that help people get these poverty-fighting tax credits: - CA Earned Income Tax Credit - Young Child Tax Credit - Foster Youth Tax Credit @unitedwaysca.bsky.social #CABudget #TaxSeason

Working people have partnered with @governor.ca.gov to build a CA that works for everyone. The budget proposal protects vital services: Home Care, Healthcare, Education. But the fight isn’t over. We see the structural deficit. We see the corporate greed. We’re ready. seiuca.org/press-releas...

On January 7, 2026, community members gathered to mark one year since the Eaton Fire forever changed our lives. The anniversary event was a call to action; a declaration that recovery without truth and accountability is not enough. www.endchildpovertyca.org/one-year-aft...

🤝 Read our joint statement with The County Welfare Directors Association of California, @westerncenter.bsky.social, and @parentvoicesca.bsky.social calling on HHS to rescind their federal freeze and restore stability to vital programs that help families. www.endchildpovertyca.org/joint-statem...

(1/2) @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social laid out a clear affordability agenda. He highlighted Healthy School Meals for All, called out the federal childcare freeze on blue states and the harmful impacts of #HR1 on health care and food assistance, saying “child care is economic development.”

❤️ @governor.ca.gov addresses survivors of the LA fires: “LA just completed the fastest debris removal in American history,” cutting red tape, providing mortgage relief, and helping issue 2,500+ building permits so families can rebuild." But he was clear: “It’s not good enough, not nearly enough.”

@governor.ca.gov delivered a powerful State of the State address, drawing a sharp contrast between CA’s steady leadership and a destabilized federal government. “The federal government is unrecognizable… This is crony capitalism at an unimaginable scale. In California, we are NOT retreating.”

As Gov. Gavin Newsom prepares to unveil his spending plan this Friday, California is facing a projected $18 billion deficit. Cal Matters explores the big question: higher taxes or deep spending cuts, and what that means for Newsom’s legacy. calmatters.org/politics/202...

🍎California schools are likely to face continuing threats of funding cuts and more uncertainty in 2026. @calmatters.org calmatters.org/education/k-...

♥️ Despite the damage from the LA fires, schools are supporting students’ emotional healing and rebuilding campuses, while foster and unhoused students face even greater challenges, and communities continue to grieve losses that can’t be replaced. edsource.org/2026/los-ang...

One year after The LA fires struck “within an urban envelope, drawing on homes and landscaping for fuel rather than trees and wild brush. These are not forest fires encroaching on human settlement but rather human settlements burning like only forests used to.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/o...

Newsom’s rollercoaster year: LA fires, Trump battles and a housing breakthrough Gavin Newsom's year included the aftermath of the LA fires, budget cuts, Trump battles and a Prop 50 win. What's next for California's governor in his final year?

♥️CA kept a promise to foster youth & kids who lost a parent to COVID with HOPE for Children Trust Accounts. Baby bonds auto-enroll youth, grow over time, and open paths to education, housing & business. Targeted justice. Launching March 2026. #HOPEAccounts #BabyBonds #InvestInKids

ECPCA spoke at Wednesday’s state legislative hearing, amplifying what food banks across California are seeing right now: more people needing help, earlier and in greater numbers, as families face rising economic uncertainty. Read more at: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

"In what world is it moral to inflict cuts to programs utilized by the most vulnerable families… all in the name of giving an annual average tax cut of $62,000 to people making $743,000 or more a year?”-Asm. LaShae Sharp-Collins #CalFresh #CAAssembly #foodinsecurity #EndChildPoverty