One in five people live below the poverty line in Yolo County. Poverty alleviation programs can exert a powerful impact on health, welfare and development, particularly for children. Accordingly, the Center for Regional Change partners with Yolo county Health and Human Services to design and evaluate the Yolo Basic Income Program (YoBI), structured to serve families with children under the age of six who are experiencing homelessness and enrolled in the CalWORKs program. The YoBI program enrolled all qualifying families from the CalWorks Housing Support Program in 2022. Families receive traditional case management support and benefits through the CalWORKS […]
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