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More families set to lose welfare assistance
Needy families who kept their cash assistance after last fall’s massive welfare reform shouldn’t get too comfortable. Almost 500 more families per month are projected to lose cash assistance during the second year of reform, which ...
27 Mich. counties dodged welfare cuts
How big of an impact has welfare reform had on you and your neighbors? It depends on where you live. According to the Department of Human Services, 15,799 fewer families were receiving cash assistance at the ...
Welfare reform leaves families without a net, and off the radar
Three months after the launch of an aggressive welfare reform, Michigan has kicked more people off the dole than expected and saved the state millions of dollars. How the approximately 15,000 families cut off from cash ...
Daily life gets harder for three families
Nearly 16,000 Michigan families were banned from cash assistance last fall, in the biggest one-day reduction of welfare recipients in the state’s — and possibly the nation’s — history. Did those families blend into the work ...
Nelson invigorated by challenge of DHS caseloads
Cindy Nelson doesn’t take work home with her in the traditional sense, but it doesn’t mean that work – and the people and their tear-jerking stories that comprise it – just sits at the office waiting for her ...
Michigan zigs, the nation zags
Michigan is clamping down on food stamp recipients while many other states are easing requirements. A report produced by the Michigan League for Human Services circulating among Lansing policymakers reveals that a number of states have ...
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State waits for Legislature to do its job on transit
What would be the goal of the RTA? Is the priority to design a rapid,
Not much above par on Michigan's scorecard
For a quick look at a state with a good "dashboard", read this piece a
Poverty rises even as economy turns
Since the 1960s 4 out of 5 manufacturing jobs have been lost to automa
Not much above par on Michigan's scorecard
Wait a minute here, Snyder and the Repugs gave $1.8 Billion to corpora
State waits for Legislature to do its job on transit
Thank you for calling out the legislature for dragging their feet on a