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Low-income Californians aren't applying for government aid.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. _ Millions of state and federal dollars targeted at low-income Californians are gathering dust because the majority of people eligible to receive the help aren't applying for it.
Among the most under-used aid programs is the state's Healthy Families plan, which offers low-cost health insurance to children of working parents. As many as two-thirds of eligible children statewide did not use the program last year, although stepped-up publicity is boosting enrollment.
Meanwhile, food stamp rolls in California shrank three times faster than the ranks of those eligible to use them from 1996 to 1999, advocates say. That trend has grabbed the attention of county and nonprofit food stamp experts.
Social service researchers and public health officials say while welfare reform may have scared some people from asking the government for help, more is at work in why aid goes under-used, such as people fearing that the application process is too cumbersome or feeling embarrassed or reluctant to accept help.
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"I don't feel like applying for food stamps because I don't need help," said 69-year-old Soledad Ruivivar while wheeling away groceries from a recent food bank giveaway at a Bay Point community center. "I have enough to live on."
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