Participation in Most Safety Net Programs Falls Short for People in Need

Number of Program Participants in Thousands

This figure shows a column chart with the first column representing the people in California who have income below 200% of the federal poverty level. There is a horizontal dotted line across the rest of the columns to compare the number of participants with this threshold. By this metric, only Medi-Cal serves a greater number of people.

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Note: Totals denote participants rather than caseloads. For tax credit programs, which are denoted by *, the participant total is an estimate based on the number of filers and their dependents. The Child Tax Credit (CTC) is excluded due to data limitations. Numbers reflect the most recently available data.

Source: Budget Center analysis of ACS, CDSS, DHCS, FTB, SSA and IRS dataEmbed Download image