Invest in California Families: Repeal the Maximum Family Grant Rule!

Project Description

ACCESS is committed to supporting all women in their decisions around family size and parenting. Under current California law, infants born into families receiving CalWORKS assistance are denied cash aid- this is known as the Maximum Family Grant (MFG) rule. This law endangers the health and wellbeing of infants born into poverty, while purposely limiting the reproductive choices and violating the privacy of low-income women.

SB 23 (Mitchell) co-sponsored by ACCESS Women’s Health Justice, East Bay Community Law Center, Western Center on Law and Poverty, the ACLU of Northern California, the County Welfare Directors Association, and California Latina’s for Reproductive Justice would repeal the MFG rule to provide for the basic needs of newborn children while allowing women to make family planning decisions.