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Outside the Federal Building, LTSC staff reminded passers-by about the impact of the government shutdown.<\/p>\nOutside the Federal Building, LTSC staff reminded passers-by about the impact of the government shutdown.<\/p>\n
Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC) staff gathered in front of the Federal Building in Downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 24 for a 24-minute, nonpartisan moment of silence to highlight those affected by the ongoing federal government shutdown.<\/p>\n
The action underscored how the continued lapse in federal funding threatens access to CalFresh, CalWORKs, and Medi-Cal benefits that help thousands of Los Angeles families and seniors put food on the table and stay healthy. 70% of the clients that participating LTSC staff assist are estimated to be impacted by the CalFresh loss, many of whom are Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Spanish-speaking families and seniors.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs human service professionals, we see first-hand how federal programs provide stability, dignity, and security for the families and older adults we serve,\u201d said Peter Gee, RN, co-executive director of LTSC. \u201cWe feel it is important to lift up these issues and remind policymakers that behind every delayed payment or suspended benefit is a real person \u2014 a senior waiting for food assistance or a parent choosing between medication and groceries.\u201d<\/p>\n
Participants held signs emphasizing food security, housing stability, and care.<\/p>\n
LTSC will continue monitoring updates from federal and state agencies and provide multilingual assistance to residents navigating benefit renewals and disruptions. Multilingual resource sheets are available at www.ltsc.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tArticles for you\n<\/p>\n \t\tTagged: Downtown Los Angeles<\/a>,\u00a0DTLA<\/a>,\u00a0Federal Shutdown<\/a>,\u00a0ltsc<\/a>\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Outside the Federal Building, LTSC staff reminded passers-by about the impact of the government shutdown. Little Tokyo Service…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1647,6858,6241,48,52,51,47,50,49,23800],"class_list":["post-32941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-downtown-los-angeles","tag-dtla","tag-federal-shutdown","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-ltsc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}