W.O.M.A.N., Inc. needs your help in passing AB 1579 - The Healthy Babies Act (womensfoundationofcalifornia.org/2014/05/16/learn-about-ab-1579-healthy-baby-act-of-2014-wpi-domestic-violence-team/) About the AB 1579 (Stone): AB 1579 would allow women to obtain CalWORKs benefits at second trimesters of pregnancy. Currently, they are forced to wait until their third trimesters, often putting themselves and their children at risk. This cash assistance would help to ease financial pressures, eliminate dependence on abusive partners and ensure better health outcomes for their babies. How you can help: Call their office - If you live or work in one of the locations listed below, please call your Senator today. Your senator is a member of the appropriations committee and will be voting on it on Thursday, August 14th. Let them know youre in support! All calls and voice-mails will be counted! Lets show them this bill has a strong backing by enumerating their offices with calls by Friday, August 8th. Locations: Los Angeles County, Yreka, Redding, Auburn, South Lake Tahoe, Truckee, Grass Valley, Folsom, Placerville, El Dorado Hills, SUsanville, Quincy, Alturas, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Pacific, South San Francisco, Sunnyvalle, Long Beach, San Fernando Valley, Orange County, Irvine. You can learn who your senator is by clicking here: findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov To learn who sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee, click here: sapro.senate.ca.gov Learn more about AB 1579: To learn more about the bill and how it will help low income woman and especially vulnerable groups of women such as domestic violence survivors, please visit an article our team published in the SF Examiner, Marriage is no safe haven from Abuse (sfexaminer/sanfrancisco/marriage-is-no-safe-haven-from-abuse/Content?oid=2846154) If you have any questions, contact [email protected]
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:45:42 +0000
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