RECOMMENDATION(S):
CONSIDER endorsing the Rise Together Initiative to cut poverty in half in the Bay Area by 2020 and accepting a report on the current assessment of poverty in Contra Costa County. (Supervisor John Gioia and Kathy Gallagher, Employment and Human Services Department Director)
FISCAL IMPACT:
Not applicable.
BACKGROUND:
The Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) provides safety net services to thousands of Contra Costa residents each year. These services help low income people find work, put food on the table, get health care, and gain a toehold on the first rung of the economic opportunity ladder. Despite this good work, there are currently more then 100,000 Contra Costans living in poverty ($19,530 for a family of three).
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