Congresswoman Barbara Lee Holds Summit on Childhood Poverty with Bary area Anti-Poverty Advocates

On Tuesday, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) persisted her work to eradicate poverty within the U.S. by means of bringing collectively Bay enviornment anti-poverty advocates for a summit on efforts to address childhood poverty on the federal, state, and local ranges.

The summit featured a presentation from researchers on the country wide Academy of Sciences on their contemporary landmark document, A Roadmap to reducing newborn Poverty. The report examines the developmental impacts and societal costs of childhood poverty and makes options for how to reduce the nation's infant poverty fee in half in 10 years.

Congresswoman Lee helped fee the look at along with Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard.

The summit turned into held at the East Bay Municipal Utility- District administration building. About one hundred anti-poverty advocates attended the summit.

'"Twenty-six percent of babies in Oakland are living below the poverty line", observed Rep. Lee. "South of Fruitvale, the place most residents are americans of colour, forty-three p.c of infants reside in poverty. here's unacceptable within the richest nation on earth and in a state as wealthy as California.

"we now have the equipment vital to eliminate baby poverty as soon as and for all — we simply need the political will to put in force them. It's as a result of the tireless work of the advocates that joined me nowadays that i know we are able to tackle this urgent issue in the East Bay."

"EBMUD was one of the first utilities to undertake a customer information program (CAP) in California to assist to shoppers battling economic difficulties and unable to pay their water invoice," mentioned Andrew Lee, EBMUD manager of client and group services. "CAP is profits-based; eligible purchasers get hold of a 50 % discount on water and a 35 % cut price on EBMUD waste- water costs. CAP contributors pay as little as $ 1.20 per day for EBMUD capabilities.

"The application is open to all EBMUD residential purchasers despite whether they personal or appoint. CAP is additionally accessible to homeless shelters making it less demanding for nonprofits to deliver crucial features," Andrew Lee noted.