Thousands of Michigan families who were expected to lose food stamps will now keep the assistance or get it back next week. How many families? No one knows. Which families? No one knows that either. The Department of Human Services, which was very efficient at removing families from food stamps in October, is struggling to […]
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Too poor for a homeless shelter? Only in Michigan
In Michigan, some families may be too poor to stay at a homeless shelter. That’s the sad reality facing some Michigan families who will be facing the double-whammy of being cut off from cash assistance Oct. 1, and being kicked out of homeless shelters because they then have no source of income – a requirement […]