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

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

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.