The Governor’s $120 million cut to Child Welfare Services ($80 million General Fund)… dramatically reduces services across multiple programs, which together, form the backbone of California’s child welfare system, including child welfare workers, emancipation stipends, support for relative caregivers, THP-Plus and Chafee grants. And, though the cut translates into a mere 0.4% savings in the entire state budget, this seemingly small cut is already yielding devastating consequences for vulnerable children and their families and ultimately shifts the financial burden of caring for them to other state programs.

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