Welfare
REAUTHORIZATION UPDATE
K. Wright |
Senate leadership says it’s unlikely to get around to TANF reauthorization this year, as HHS releases new caseload data.
Welfare
LOSING TRACK
K. Wright |
GAO says the majority of the 47 states that are working to set up child welfare case tracking systems are having problems.
Housing and Homelessness
ANY VOLUNTEERS? YOU BETTER IF YOU LIVE IN PUBLIC HOUSING
Cassi Feldman |
After a fierce battle put a community service requirement for public housing residents on hold last year, the city is gearing up to start the mandate this fall.
The Disabled
MENTAL HEALTH BLOCKS
K. Wright |
Parents of more than 12,700 children handed them over to government custody in 2001 in order to get mental health care for them, according to the GAO.
Welfare
IT'S TANF TIME
K. Wright |
Senate Finance Committee Chair Charles Grassley’s staff has begun circulating a TANF reauthorization plan.
Housing and Homelessness
SURVEY SAYS … A HOLIDAY REQUEST FOR YOUR OPINION:
City Limits |
Keeping to City Limits’ tradition of honoring Independence Day, we ask you, our readers, to freely express your thoughts on how we’re doing.
Welfare
DAVILA SETTLED
J. Tozzi |
A state Supreme Court approved the city’s settlement with single parents on welfare, who sued to get more education opportunities.
Welfare
MONEY FOR WORK
M. Kenny |
Governor Pataki has loosened his grip on $25 million in TANF money slated for summer youth jobs programs.
Manhattan
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN: FROM RENT REGS TO THE ROCK
Cassi Feldman |
Tenant laws, brownfields, Rockefeller laws and child welfare reform vie for Albany approval.
Manhattan
CLOSED DOORS
K. Wright |
The Bush administration’s advisors on HOPE VI’s future include lots of industry, an anti-public housing zealot and no tenants.
