US Citizen Children in Mixed-Status Households Saw Larger Declines in Program Participation

Percent Change in Participation by US Citizen California Children with Low Incomes in Public Benefit Programs, 2016 to 2019

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Note: The low-income population includes people living in households with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level ($49,200 for a family of four in 2019). The public benefit programs analyzed included the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), General Assistance (GA), and similar cash assistance programs; and Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and similar public health insurance programs. These are renamed in the chart as CalFresh, CalWORKs, and Medi-Cal, respectively, to align with California program names.
Source: US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2016 and 2019 data via Migration Policy Institute