30 Jun 2003 Uncategorized MEDICAID EXPANSION Washington granted the state approval to add an estimated 20,000 working people with disabilities to Medicaid. ByK. Wright0 minRead time
23 Jun 2003 Uncategorized HOME LABOR The AFL-CIO will invest $400 million over the next year in building multi-family housing units. ByK. Wright0 minRead time
23 Jun 2003 Government SCHOOLS OPT OUT Only a quarter of the city’s school districts are in compliance with health education mandates. ByK. Wright0 minRead time
23 Jun 2003 Uncategorized PLUMMETING STOCK About ten percent of federally-subsidized housing built in New York City since the 1960s has since disappeared into the private market. ByK. Wright0 minRead time
16 Jun 2003 Uncategorized AMERICORPS' TROUBLES Local AmeriCorps grantees this week joined a frantic national campaign to prevent millions of dollars in funding cuts for the program. ByK. Wright1 minRead time
16 Jun 2003 Uncategorized MISSING MOMS Fewer than 2,000 of the estimated 20,000 mothers under 21-years-old who haven’t finished high school are accessing city aid. ByK. Wright1 minRead time
16 Jun 2003 Uncategorized THE BIG PICTURE More than 14 million households spend over half of their income on housing, a new Joint Center of Housing Studies report says. ByK. Wright0 minRead time
16 Jun 2003 Uncategorized KEEP OUT The Supreme Court says public housing authorities can bar unwanted visitors from public streets inside their complexes. ByK. Wright1 minRead time
09 Jun 2003 Uncategorized FEDERAL MANDATE A federal appeals court says the city must take extra steps to help poor people living with AIDS get public assistance. ByK. Wright1 minRead time
09 Jun 2003 Uncategorized POOR 'MODEL MINORITY' Twenty-four percent of the city’s Asian American children live below the poverty line. ByK. Wright0 minRead time
