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Disability Action's Head of Accessibility Nuala Toman has called on Government to abandon its plans, saying the moves would, "punish people for being disabled and push many deeper into poverty and isolation."

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At the time, the government argued it did not have enough money to remove the cap but set up the Child Poverty Taskforce to consider measures to alleviate child poverty.

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Both emphasized the need to address root causes of violence, including poverty and social disintegration.

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End Child Poverty California, an advocacy network fighting to eradicate poverty, supported the previous law, saying data sharing could streamline CalFresh enrollment.

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The city has always been a place of economic extremes, where great wealth and poverty exist side by side.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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