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Every year, low-income Californians leave an estimated $2 billion on the table.

The pot of unclaimed money is known as the earned income tax credit.

And Californians have access to it twice over — through programs offered by both the state and federal governments.

The payments, often amounting to thousands of dollars, can make the difference between living above or below the poverty line, supporters say.

Yet one recent survey found that fewer than one in five eligible Californians had ever heard of the state program.