By Isabel Aguilera. CalMatters. Bay City News
In California, 32,000 children under the age of 18 have experienced the death of a parent or primary caregiver due to COVID-19. In response, the state has set aside $100 million in trust funds to ensure that children from low-income families have access to school, housing, and other expenses when they turn 18.
In a small town in California's Central Valley, a trio of siblings lost their parents to COVID-19 within two weeks of each other in 2021. Their deaths turned the oldest son into a pseudo-parent to his teenage siblings overnight and forced the brothers and sister to figure out a future without their mom and dad.
In California, 32,000 children under the age of 18 have experienced the death of a parent or primary caregiver due to COVID-19, according to