14 Jun 2004 Uncategorized WELFARE OFF LIMITS Disabled recipients often don’t get the home visits they need. ByT. McMillan0Comments
14 Jun 2004 Uncategorized ‘DISREGARD’ DISSED: WELFARE FAMILIES LOSE WAY TO SAVE Why is Governor Pataki cutting back a state program designed to promote welfare-to-work? ByJames Connolly0Comments
24 May 2004 Justice FOSTERING CHANGE Pew Commission releases its long-awaited suggestions for how to make child welfare work: more money, more collaboration and more accountability. ByK. Woodward0Comments
10 May 2004 Uncategorized LANDLORDS CRY FOUL OVER NEW HOUSING BILL Councilmember Bill de Blasio’s new housing legislation could save federaly subsidized tenants from eviction and discrimination. But is it legal? ByChristine Lagorio0Comments
29 Mar 2004 Uncategorized TANF IN TROUBLE? As expiration of federal welfare law approaches, Republican bill complicates extension. ByT. McMillan0Comments
08 Mar 2004 Uncategorized THE HANDS THAT FEEDS A new report finds food stamps are still not being used by a high percentage of the people who are eligible. ByElizabeth Cady Brown0Comments
09 Feb 2004 Housing and Homelessness NYCHA HUD’S MAGIC FORMULA: NEW BLOCK GRANTS ON THE BLOCK The Bush administration’s proposed changes to the Section 8 voucher program would give public housing authorities unprecedented control. ByKai Wright0Comments
02 Feb 2004 Justice CHILD WELFARE WATCHDOG GETS PUT TO SLEEP Families at odds with the city’s Administration for Children’s Services have one less place to turn as the Public Advocate’s office ends C-PLAN. ByAlyssa Katz0Comments
26 Jan 2004 Uncategorized PATAKI’S WELFARE PLAN: MORE WORK, LESS MONEY City welfare advocates say the governor’s proposed budget offers no carrot, just stick. ByElizabeth Cady Brown0Comments
16 Jan 2004 Uncategorized BATTLING BUSH Republicans beware! New York’s community activists are gearing up to protest the RNC. ByJanelle Nanos0Comments