Archive for Tag Archives: ' welfare'
700 families get to keep cash welfare benefits
About 700 families who can’t hold jobs because they’re caring for seriously ill or disabled family members will continue to receive welfare cash assistance, under the terms of a welfare reform bill awaiting the signature of [...]
Legislature poised to lock in strict time limits on cash aid to needy families
Michigan’s massive welfare reform, which removed 15,000 families from cash assistance in its first year, was never the law of the land. That may be about to change. Senate Bill 1386, which would codify the Department [...]
Welfare changes have saved state money; fate of ex-recipients unclear
The number of Michigan families getting welfare checks from the state plummeted to the lowest level in more than 40 years just nine months after welfare reform was implemented. Twelve months in, the state is spending [...]
Center for Michigan, Bridge win battle for transparency on welfare records
Bridge Magazine and the Center for Michigan prevailed in a Freedom of Information Act appeal, gaining access to records related to Michigan residents removed from cash assistance as a result of the state’s massive welfare reform. [...]
Welfare reform results: few jobs, few state answers, refuge in a vacant home
Welfare reform hasn’t been kind to Tamika Thomas. Eight months ago, the 33-year-old lived in a rental home in Detroit with her four children. She attended Wayne County Community College, where she was working her way [...]
Hey Grandpa, how about a little help?
A 5-year-old child born to a mother who has exceeded 48 months on cash assistance was being reared in destitution before the state yanked $5,000 in annual welfare benefits. A 75-year-old residing in a nursing home, meanwhile, receives [...]
What does Michigan have to do to get a little love?
Are you trying to suggest that having CEO's want to invest their money
Guest commentary: New revenue-sharing model shortchanges and infuriates municipalities
The primary reason this state program was started was to save money.
What does Michigan have to do to get a little love?
Who in the past 10, 20, 30 years did anything to foster cooperation?
What does Michigan have to do to get a little love?
Money seems about the most effective way to get the government's (or t
Guest commentary: Local governments’ fiscal distress worsened by state’s actions
All Mr. Bean is whining about is getting more money for the members of