California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 18994.1

WIC § 18994.1 Effective Aug 21, 1998Div. 9 · Part 6 · Ch. 14.1

Statute text

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a)About 26 percent of California’s children under the age of 18 years live in families with incomes below the federal poverty line, an increase of 56 percent since 1980. Poverty is associated with numerous problems, including low educational performance, poor nutrition, the mistreatment of children, and juvenile delinquency.

(b)State vital statistics data indicate that about 33 percent of California’s children were born out-of-wedlock in 1991, an increase of 61 percent since 1980. Growing up in a single parent household is associated with greater likelihood of living in poverty, higher school dropout rates, higher incidence of teenage pregnancy, and reduced levels of employment.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 329, Sec. 41. Effective August 21, 1998.