Welfare
CHILD CARE BUDGETS GO FROM FLUSH TO TIGHT OVERNIGHT
Matt Pacenza |
After months of sitting on federal cash meant for creating new child care slots, the city’s budget for these programs is about to get very tight.
Manhattan
AND THE WINNERS ARE …
City Limits |
As with any election, our local contests had clear winners–including some local issues and groups that got an unexpected boost from last Tuesday’s returns.
Women
CHANGING HATS TO SAVE CHINATOWN'S GARMENT SHOPS
Annia Ciezadlo |
After decades of protesting sweatshop conditions, a Chinatown activist stands up for a garment factory owner for the first time for the sake of saving jobs in an industry suffering since September 11.
Women
WIC BURNS SHORT
Mark Greer |
A federal nutrition program may soon have to start turning away low-income women and children for the first time in six years due to budgeting shortfalls.
National
WORK'S HARD UP FOR MONEY
Mark Greer |
In the nick of time, the House of Representatives approved a package last week to restore a $5.5 billion workforce training program.
Manhattan
NO STATE AID YET FOR BUDGET VICTIMS
Matt Pacenza |
Albany hasn’t yet revoked the “bare bones” budget from last July, and New York State’s social service agencies are getting closer to slashing services and laying off staff.
Manhattan
STATE THINKS BIG ABOUT HOUSING
Alyssa Katz |
By changing the way it funds housing for the homeless, the Pataki administration may soon favor bigger developments built by bigger developers, a switch some longtime service providers fear could push them out of the mix.
Bronx
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: ACORN LOANS CLIENTS TO BAD LENDER
Matt Pacenza |
The community group partners with one of the nation’s worst predatory lenders, and gets funny looks from some advocates.
Staten Island
CARE PAY SCARE COULD BECOME CITYWIDE MESS
Kathleen McGowan |
The city’s fancy new computer system for child care payments meant late checks and lost paperwork in Staten Island last fall. Now it’s due to hit the rest of the city.
Bronx
BEDDING DOWN
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Women and children who flee from domestic violence need a safe place to stay. But more and more of these especially vulnerable families are ending up in regular homeless shelters.
