New Report Outlines Impact of Budget Deficit on APIs
Saturday, 02. 27. 2010 – Category: Recent Activity, Strengthening the Safety Net
As California struggles with an unprecedented budget deficit, severe spending reductions threaten to collapse the state’s service systems for low-income seniors, children and families. Like many underserved communities, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) have suffered as a result of the termination of health services, reductions to basic living assistance and cutbacks to California’s education system.
Fractured Justice chronicles the experiences of AAPIs impacted by California’s harmful reductions to critical programs. Members of the community and nonprofit organizations serving vulnerable older adults and families highlight the need to curb the state’s rampant budget deficit by demanding revenue-based solutions and deep budget reforms that will make effective government once again possible in California.
This report was a collaboration of:
- Asian Pacific American Legal Center
- Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team
- Asian and Pacific Islander Older Adults Task Force
- Asian Rehabilitation Service, Inc.
- Korean Resource Center
- Guam Communications Network
- South Asian Network
- Tongan Community Service Center
- United Cambodian Community, Inc.
- Filipino American Service Group, Inc.
Click here to access the report or contact Hala Masri at hmasri@apalc.org.