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... CA - Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) today announced a new $10 million challenge grant from ... Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation toward the California Immigrant Resilience Fund. The Fund, launched on ... situation, she and her two children, ages 9 and 12, were building a new life for themselves. Despite limited literacy, ...
May 11, 2020
Press Release
The Honorable Gavin Newsom Governor of the State of California State Capitol Sacramento, California 95814 Dear ... from harsh enforcement actions threatens our state’s economic and social resilience and future prosperity. ... the health and wellbeing of all Californians. Our immigrant neighbors, coworkers, and friends are vital to our ...
April 9, 2020
Blog Post
April 15, 2020
Press Release
... 7.6 million undocumented workers in the country’s labor force. To put this figure into perspective, the ... all members have valid SSNs. This means that undocumented immigrant and mixed-status families will not receive these ... provided to all. In the absence of federal action to date, California partnered with private philanthropy to establish ...
April 16, 2020
News Article
... young, and our elderly. So it may not be surprising that immigrant communities are disproportionately impacted by the ... from the most fundamental features of our country’s social safety net, such as food and financial assistance. ... the federal government has missed the mark. For example, California developed a public-private Immigrant Resilience ...
May 15, 2020
Commentary
... have green cards, work visas or are undocumented — in California at higher rates than citizens. And women have suffered greater job loss than men. But it’s the Californians at that intersection, women who aren’t ... tax credit to undocumented workers, solutions backed by immigrant advocates. “To me this whole pandemic is a ...
May 21, 2020
News Article
... But as the coronavirus pandemic ramped up and shocked the California economy, she — like many others in the state — lost her job. Now, the undocumented immigrant from Honduras spends her days confined to the room ... As the coronavirus crisis paralyzes parts of California’s economy and results in massive layoffs, workers who lack ...
March 31, 2020
News Article
... assistance and other supports. Before the pandemic, many immigrant families faced explicit barriers to or deferred ... with noncitizens have been hardest hit by the pandemic’s economic fallout The Urban Institute’s Health Reform ... meaning they lacked consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life. One in 4 (25 percent) Hispanic ...
June 5, 2020
Blog Post
... is exposing what we have always known: our nation’s deep inequalities and broken safety net programs leave ... the hands of the people who need it most: low income and immigrant families who rely on informal, part time, or gig ... or unemployment benefits. Emergency Financial Relief for Students, immigrants, and Workers Left Out ...
April 10, 2020
Response Fund
WASHINGTON — Americans are eligible for up to $1,200 in coronavirus stimulus money — unless they're married and filing taxes jointly with an immigrant who doesn’t have a Social Security number. ... About 2 million undocumented people are married to a U.S. citizen or green card holder. They — along with some ...
May 1, 2020
News Article
... of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fund will support HIP’s current Migration and Forced Displacement grantees and ... goals by serving as an intermediary, using our network and building new relationships to increase the impact of ... and power building. Support from funders including The California Endowment, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Annie E. Casey ...
March 18, 2020
Response Fund
... funded safety net programs. This comes at a time when immigrant communities were already threatened by ...
April 10, 2020
Response Fund
... At worst, they are not even considered. Here at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) we have been spending time ... whether our actions result in the consequences we intend for them. One of our intended actions as an organization is ... in our vision: “A world where donors strategically plan for and respond to disasters in order to minimize their ...
July 11, 2019
Blog Post
... (dba Edwin and Dorothy Baker Foundation), the Long Beach Immigrant Rights Coalition, Democratic Socialist of America ... now wonder how to put food on the table; how to care for sick loved ones; and how they will pay rent or for other basic necessities. We are all frightened right now, ...
April 10, 2020
... and state relief packages , families will be eligible for assistance regardless of their immigration or ... Another $1 million will go toward expanding the city’s “Stable Homes Stables Schools” program, which provides ... housing assistance to families with children in the city’s public schools. For homeowners, the city will provide ...
April 3, 2020
Response Fund