Welfare Archives - Page 9 of 59

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Defying a severe recession and slow recovery, New York’s welfare department continues to find work for clients. But the jobs offer low wages and few benefits.

ByNeil deMause 0Comments

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Mar 2010

Justice

Help For Immigrant Youth

A green card is one of many benefits open to undocumented immigrant kids in foster care if only authorities would apply for them.

ByAbigail Kramer 0Comments

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Mar 2010

Education

Zelon Wins Education Prize

An article assessing philosophical and practical shifts at the DOE in recent years earns national recognition.

ByKaren Loew 0Comments

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Mar 2010

Economy

Thin Gruel For Soup Kitchens

Publicly funded help for the needy, from food assistance to job training, dries up further under the proposed budget.

ByNeil deMause 0Comments

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Mar 2010

Uncategorized

1.5 Percent Less For Education

How will $113 million less be felt across the public school system? How are other programs for children faring, from prenatal care to juvenile justice?

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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Mar 2010

Uncategorized

Fewer Services For The Homeless

Mayor Bloomberg’s big goals to cut homelessness in half and greatly expand affordable housing are being reinterpreted in the next budget.

ByEileen Markey 0Comments

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Feb 2010

Justice

A Fight To Extend Parents' Rights

Foster children with parents in prison are often put up for adoption. The State Senate takes up a bill aimed at slowing that practice.

ByAbigail Kramer 0Comments

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Feb 2010

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Making Public Housing Public

Ideas for weaving public housing back into the city’s social fabric.

ByBendix Anderson 0Comments

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Feb 2010

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice NYCHA

Council's Angry Over Housing, But That Doesn't Pay The Rent

After receiving prized Section 8 vouchers, then losing them, about 1,000 ill-sheltered grantees are still without a housing plan.

ByEileen Markey 0Comments

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Feb 2010

Education Justice

The Great Escape

A 10th-grade global studies class. The Children's Zone's ultimate goal is to get as many of Harlem's youth through college as possible. The Promise Academies have yet to graduate a…

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

Welfare Agency Job Boom: Quantity, Not Quality

Help For Immigrant Youth

Zelon Wins Education Prize

A Fight To Extend Parents' Rights

Making Public Housing Public

Council's Angry Over Housing, But That Doesn't Pay The Rent

The Great Escape

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