The settlement of Napper v. Sacramento County ensures that some 5,000 adults with significant psychiatric disabilities will continue to receive outpatient services from their current providers. Read more...

This week, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) issued new state regulations resulting from the settlement of a lawsuit brought by the Western Center on Law and Poverty and Bay Area Legal Aid that will reduce hunger among low-income Californians.

CalWORKs recipients are paying more than $20 Million a year in surcharges to banks in order to access their basic needs grants through the CalWORKs program.  Stimied by legislative opposition from the banks, advocates turn to the California Department of Social Services lead efforts to remove the burden of surcharges from our poorest families.