Justice
BOUNCE OF PREVENTION
Carl Vogel |
The city will be providing millions more for preventative services for families that might lose their children to foster care, although just how the money will be spent is still a mystery.
Bronx
CHILDREN'S WELFARE CRUSADE
Carl Vogel |
Nonprofits from around the city are hustling to get their applications ready for the city’s new foster care system.
Welfare
WELFARE RECIPIENTS WIN $8.4 MILLION FROM CITY AIDS AGENCY
Kemba Johnson |
The city has agreed to get the word out about a package of benefits for welfare recipients who have HIV-related illnesses, a policy it had been keeping under wraps.
Homelessness
HOW ARE WE DOING? READER SURVEY 1998
Kathleen McGowan |
Our third annual readership survey.
Welfare
PUBLIC HOUSING OVERHAUL HITS WASHINGTON IN JULY
Glenn Thrush |
It seems that Congress is ready to finally put together a federal housing appropropriation bill, warts and all.
Welfare
SECTION 8’S CATCH-22
Kathleen McGowan |
The House appropriations subcommittee has okayed $100 million for housing vouchers–but the money will likely to be linked to a much-maligned plan to cut some of the poorest off public housing waiting lists.
Welfare
BUY THE NUMBERS?
Heather Bryant |
The city’s Independent Budget Office says the Mayor’s budget figures are off in all sorts of ways.
Manhattan
RE-TURNER
Kemba Johnson |
Last time welfare chief Jason Turner testified at City Council, he stormed off in a huff. This time around, it was a bit more civil.
Welfare
WILLIAM J. WILSON'S BIG WELFARE REFORM STUDY SKIPS NEW YORK
Glenn Thrush |
A multi-million dollar, multi-city study of the effects of welfare reform won’t include New York City, and advocates for the poor say they know why.
Homelessness
SECTION 8 FROM OUTER SPACE
Glenn Thrush |
Will housing vouchers trump the space shuttle as a budget priority for House Republicans?
