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.
The state budget items some criticize as “pork” actually help keep some social services groups running, but with the governor calling to trim any “extras” from the budget, these groups…
As the demand for public assistance is expected to grow, the city settled a two-year legal battle last week promising to provide food stamp services and materials in every applicant’s…
While a handful of job centers still flounder without operating computer systems four weeks after the Trade Center attacks, the city has streamlined the re-application process for benefits due to…
After months of delays, state leaders began to complete their unfinished budget work last week, agreeing to spend part of their surplus federal welfare dollars on child care for low-income…
Facing a severe drop in donations after September 11th, some nonprofits are barely hanging on as they wait for the city to resume paying on its contracts.
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