E.B.T. and @CapitalOneCafe ATMs

If you dont like banks, or getting dressed up, and prefer working digitally with little human interaction, then you might be banking at @CapitalOne. I do, but mostly because they let me put a photo on a credit card 4 years ago(…but whatThe ever). So it came to my attention that folks with EBT cards […]

Poor People Shouldn’t Buy…

I don’t want my tax dollars to pay for all kinds of things. When my taxes are spent with the Military, I am not asked for an opinion about which brand of ammunition should be purchased. My Education tax dollars do not give me an invitation to decide which texts should be in the curriculum, […]

The US Debt is $19.3 Trillion Dollars:Blame the Poor People

This always gets me. A sweet girl (Amy Cudworth) I knew in Jr. High posted a rant about how families could and are abusing the welfare system and she personally is paying for them. Dear Amy, your simple knee jerk reaction was to look at the most visible consumers of American Tax Dollars and assume they […]

Drugs, Alcohol, and Welfare. Butt Out

There is no vow of sobriety to take when applying for pubkic assistance benefits

Dignity for the Poor

#fb @sonyakeith @mendpoverty @unitedwayla

Wicked Witch of the Welfare Office

#fb @sonyakeith @ascencia

Child Support: end profiting by discriminating against single parent families on cash aid

#fb Only some families repay Cash Aid with Child Support.

A Few Words on EBT vs Restaurant Meals Programs

The convienence store next door proudly displays “EBT commonly known as CalFresh is accepted here”. Please, please, please don’t use your cash aid money at the 7-11 store where everything costs more than at the store. A stick of string cheese is a dollar there. At a grocery store you can buy the package of 12 sticks […]

“But , it’s hard. You don’t understand how hard!”

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CalWORKS and Domestic Violence

E. Child Support Good Cause Claim for Non-Cooperation Prior to referral of an individual to the local child support agency, the county welfare department shall determine if that person has good cause for non-cooperation. 107 County welfare departments must inform all applicants/recipients verbally and in writing of their right to request an exemption […]