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County Leaders Declare Racism a Public Health Crisis
CWDA joins several other county associations, as well as local governments in California and nationwide in declaring that racism is a public health crisis.

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We are the County Welfare Directors Association of California. We are a nonprofit association representing the human service directors from each of California’s 58 counties.

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Counties Celebrate End of Cruel Public Charge Changes
Biden Administration Withdraws Defense of Trump-Era Regulatory Changes

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Immigration Resources for Counties
This page includes tools and resources for county human services agencies relating to immigration, health care and public benefits under current law. 

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CWDA DEI Efforts Detailed in New Blog Post
CWDA's Board and Staff have adopted a comprehensive five-year plan to enhance our DEI work. Read the blog, and view the timeline and plan details.

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CWDA Statement: Final Budget Preserves Critical Services
"The budget agreement will help us navigate this moment and preserve baseline services to our communities in their time of greatest need." 

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Budget Memo Highlights CWDA Top Budget Priorities
County human services programs are responding to COVID-19 challenges; need strong support, not cuts, to continue aiding vulnerable Californians

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Senior Policy Analyst – Self Sufficiency

CWDA is recruiting for a Senior Policy Analyst/Self Sufficiency. This senior-level position will have lead responsibility for a full range of analytical and program support activities in the areas of health care and nutrition and engage in collaborative work to promote family self-sufficiency across a variety of human services programs and systems supported by counties.

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Budget Update #5- Budget Agreement Reached
Updates Issued In September 2022

As part of its final actions of the 2021-2022 legislative session, which ended yesterday, the Legislature passed a revised budget bill (AB 179) and several additional budget trailer bills that complete unfinished work from the 2022-23 budget negotiations earlier this summer. In the health and human services area, most of the outstanding issues were on the statutory language necessary for implementation of several proposals already adopted as part of the 2022-23 budget package enacted in June.

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DSS Info Flyer: APS Mandated Reporters 2022

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Blog post Cathy Senderling-McDonald

With New Plan, CWDA Deepens Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

As I stepped into the role of CWDA’s Executive Director in January 2021, our state and our county human services agencies were grappling with several interrelated crises.  One was the devastation, fear and human loss of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our county staff were on the front lines, meeting a surge of need and witnessing the devastating impact of the virus on communities long excluded from the basic foundations of health – quality housing, nutrition, preventive care and more. 

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