The Western Center on Law and Poverty issued a statement, with 133 organizations representing aging and disability stakeholders signing on. It included the city of Oakland, Disability Rights California, Immigrant Defense Advocates, and Latino Coalition for a Healthy California.
“We are disappointed in the two-year delay in implementing the expansion of the California Food Assistance Program for undocumented older adults. Food insecurity is a fundamental element of the social determinants of health. All Californians deserve access to food, and low-income undocumented Californians have been unjustly excluded for too long. Further delaying the expansion only exacerbates these harms,” according to the statement.
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