Petition to End Child Poverty in NYS - Deadline 12/20

The Poor People's Campaign, The Kairos Ctr, and The Labor & Religion Coalition have taken the proposals suggested by the Child Poverty Reduction Committee assembled by Gov. Hochul with the aim of reducing child poverty in New York State, and created a petition to Gov. Hochul asking to add the following initiatives to her budget. https://eadn-wc02-9834286.nxed...

1. Increasing the Empire Child Credit from $330 per child to $1,500 per child annually, expanding eligibility to include the lowest income families, and indexing the credit amount to inflation.

2. Creating a state rental assistance program to serve income-eligible renting households. The program would cover the difference between the rent and 30% of household income, would be available to households regardless of immigration status, and would be an entitlement so that all income-eligible renting households would be able to access support.

3. Doubling the Cash Assistance program benefit amount and indexing it to inflation.

4. Creating a state Food Assistance Program that would cover the nearly 65,000 households with children that are currently excluded from participating in SNAP due to their family’s immigration status.

If you are interested in signing the petition here is the link. http://bit.ly/SIGNON

https://actionnetwork.org/peti...