01 Sep 2003 Uncategorized REAUTHORIZATION UPDATE Senate leadership says it’s unlikely to get around to TANF reauthorization this year, as HHS releases new caseload data. ByK. Wright0Comments
11 Aug 2003 Uncategorized LOSING TRACK GAO says the majority of the 47 states that are working to set up child welfare case tracking systems are having problems. ByK. Wright0Comments
04 Aug 2003 Housing and Homelessness NYCHA ANY VOLUNTEERS? YOU BETTER IF YOU LIVE IN PUBLIC HOUSING After a fierce battle put a community service requirement for public housing residents on hold last year, the city is gearing up to start the mandate this fall. ByCassi Feldman0Comments
21 Jul 2003 Uncategorized MENTAL HEALTH BLOCKS Parents of more than 12,700 children handed them over to government custody in 2001 in order to get mental health care for them, according to the GAO. ByK. Wright0Comments
14 Jul 2003 Uncategorized IT'S TANF TIME Senate Finance Committee Chair Charles Grassley’s staff has begun circulating a TANF reauthorization plan. ByK. Wright0Comments
07 Jul 2003 Housing and Homelessness SURVEY SAYS … A HOLIDAY REQUEST FOR YOUR OPINION: Keeping to City Limits’ tradition of honoring Independence Day, we ask you, our readers, to freely express your thoughts on how we’re doing. ByCity Limits0Comments
30 Jun 2003 Uncategorized DAVILA SETTLED A state Supreme Court approved the city’s settlement with single parents on welfare, who sued to get more education opportunities. ByJ. Tozzi0Comments
16 Jun 2003 Uncategorized MONEY FOR WORK Governor Pataki has loosened his grip on $25 million in TANF money slated for summer youth jobs programs. ByM. Kenny0Comments
16 Jun 2003 Uncategorized THE FINAL COUNTDOWN: FROM RENT REGS TO THE ROCK Tenant laws, brownfields, Rockefeller laws and child welfare reform vie for Albany approval. ByCassi Feldman0Comments
02 Jun 2003 Uncategorized CLOSED DOORS The Bush administration’s advisors on HOPE VI’s future include lots of industry, an anti-public housing zealot and no tenants. ByK. Wright0Comments