City Councilmembers last week introduced a bill to encourage better education and training for New Yorkers in workfare, but its supporters worry that even if the bill does pass, it…
The Department for the Aging has decided advocacy work was not what the city had in mind when it funded the Citizens Advice Bureau in the Bronx, and thousands of…
The city may need to book a few more months at the swank midtown Sofitel hotel since its call for AIDS service providers to create more housing for their clients…
Thousands of New Yorkers on public assistance have found jobs under the city’s welfare-to-work initiative, but pressure to hurry people off of welfare is forcing some job trainers either to…
The Democratic mayoral candidates weigh in on welfare for the first time on the campaign trail, and if the winner sticks to his word, things could soon look a lot…
In its own interpretation of state law, the Human Resources Administration helps college students on family assistance juggle school schedules and workfare placements, but tells single adults and voc ed.…
The Human Resources Administration wants the agencies that provide substance abuse treatment to welfare recipients to report on their clients progress–and to adhere to a strict timetable for recovery.