"To find creative solutions to address the needs of the hidden poor, we must first have a better understanding of the actual cost for a decent standard of living in California."
D. Imelda Padillo-Frausto is a graduate student researcher at the Center. Her recent study found that 772,000 California seniors are struggling to make ends meet. In this brief interview, Padilla-Frausto discusses how changes to a household can make it more vulnerable, the hardest-hit among the hidden poor, and the importance of supplementing Social Security.