Welfare, Food Security, Health, Housing & Economic Access Crisis

Health-access concerns persist around Medi-Cal, language barriers, mental-health care, and culturally responsive services. New coverage of the Latina Economic Power Agenda highlights policy remedies for childcare, caregiving, housing finance, broadband, workforce development, and retirement disparities, while Half Moon Bay's farmworker child-wellness center provides a concrete service model. Maryland's SNAP losses and administrative costs illustrate continuing benefit-access pressures.