Retirement savings for IHSS providers
When Madera County caregiver Cynthia Wilson’s IHSS paycheck didn’t arrive on time in January, she and her grandson lost their
When Madera County caregiver Cynthia Wilson’s IHSS paycheck didn’t arrive on time in January, she and her grandson lost their
My husband David’s meningitis caused paralysis on the left side of his body and several neurological problems. For a while
Last night, UDW child care providers across the state and at our offices in Orange and Sacramento counties attended our
When my daughter Delaina was in second grade, an undiagnosed tumor in her brain hemorrhaged and left her with brain
Update: On June 27, 2016, Governor Brown signed the state budget into law. The restoration of the 7% cut to
UDW Executive Director Doug Moore released the following statement in response to the massacre of 49 people at an LGBTQ
UDW asked and you answered! Hundreds of spouse and parent caregivers have responded to UDW’s survey on how ineligibility for
My husband Leon is 69 years old and lives with COPD and cirrhosis of the liver. My full-time job since
After decades of exclusion from Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) protections, home care providers won overtime pay for the first
By Doug Moore, UDW Executive Director Gloria Carter has run a home-based daycare in Sacramento County for over 20 years.
California prisons are overcrowded and use massive amounts of taxpayer dollars. In fact, as a state, we spend almost 10%
My 39-year-old son Jacob was born with a brainstem defect. He relies on me 24/7 to provide for all of
May is Older Americans Month, and at 73-years-old, my mother is part of one of this country’s greatest—and largest—generations. In
Yesterday, UDW caregivers joined Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez at a Joint Legislative Audit Committee hearing at the Capitol to request an
Brenda Gholston devoted seven years of her life as an in-home care provider with American Federation of State, County and
By the Editorial Board, The Sacramento Bee, May 23, 2016 No state was sorrier than California during the recession, when
Last week, we held our second monthly UDW family child care meeting. Local family child care providers attended the meeting
In California, nearly 1.5 million older adults and people with disabilities struggle day after day, month after month to get
Increase the SSI/SSP Grant Above the Poverty Level Our organization joins with the Californians for SSI Coalition in calling on
By Mike Luery, KCRA, May 12, 2016 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) —A recent slump in the stock market is causing a
You never know when your life will change. Before my son was born with Down syndrome, I worked in phone