Policy Insights 2024 Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. State health program that now no longer excludes people due to immigration status
  2. 5. Need-based financial aid program for students in the state
  3. 9. Budget Center analysis of budget proposals
  4. 11. Vote requirement for the legislature to increase taxes in California
  5. 12. A sweet caffeinated beverage - OR - an adjustment to benefit amounts to account for inflation(abbr.)
  6. 13. Eponymous advocate for California's constitutional spending limit
  7. 17. We're working together to build a just and _______ California
  8. 18. Follow-up budget legislation
  9. 21. Moniker for the Budget Stabilization Account
Down
  1. 1. The "____ ___ Gap": Drastic difference in net worth between households of different races/ethnicities
  2. 2. Census alternative to the Official Poverty Measure (abbr.)
  3. 3. Food assistance program for state residents with low incomes
  4. 6. Temporary building for the Legislature
  5. 7. State tax credit for working families (abbr.)
  6. 8. _______ Determinants of Health: The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age that impact health
  7. 10. Department responsible for putting together the state budget (abbr.)
  8. 14. "Women's _______ Index," a project of the Budget Center and the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls
  9. 15. Golden State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
  10. 16. Golden State motto
  11. 19. State entity providing fiscal and policy advice to the Legislature (abbr.)
  12. 20. Compensated time off to care for a new child or sick family member (abbr.)