New welfare time limit cuts thousands from rolls, heightens focus on work programs, By Robert Long, September 28, 2012, Bangor Daily News: “The number of Maine households receiving welfare benefits through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program decreased by more than 3,000 between January and July of this year. State welfare officials and advocates agree that the approximately 26 percent drop in Maine’s TANF caseload since January results directly from the implementation this year of a 60-month limit on how long each household can receive benefits. They also agree that what happens to families whose benefits expire must be monitored closely — and that the system will have to change to better meet their needs…”
Day: September 28, 2012
Census Homelessness Report
Report: Children lean on homeless services, By Cheryl Wetzstein, September 27, 2012, Washington Times: “A new snapshot of American homelessness finds that some 209,000 people visited soup kitchens, missions and emergency shelters in March 2010, the Census Bureau said Thursday. About half of these people were young or middle-aged men. Adult women represented about a quarter of the population, and 1 in 5 — about 42,000 — were children. New York and California had the highest number of people using homeless services, while the District was one of 10 cities with the largest number. The Census Bureau clarified that its special report, ‘The Emergency and Transitional Shelter Population: 2010,’ is not a tally of the U.S. homeless population…”