Statewide Poverty Action Network

2023-24 Award - Systems & Policy Change - $125,000

Through “Campaign for Cash” (CFC) and the CFC's Core Leadership Team, Statewide Poverty Action Network will work to change the narrative around poverty and champion cash assistance policies in Washington State. CFC's policy priorities for 2023 and 2024 are: the creation or improvement of, and access to, direct cash assistance for low-income and BIPOC families as they work to meet their basic needs; modifications to the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families to make it more robust and accessible; accessible implementation and future expansions of the Working Family Tax Credit; and the creation of an accessible, equitable statewide Guaranteed Basic Income.