More than half of public assistance recipients in job-training program found employment, report says, By Yuxing Zheng, August 8, 2013, The Oregonian: “Fifty-nine percent of public assistance recipients participating in a job-training program were able to find work, a recent report found. Of 574 participants who finished the program by June 2012, 339 found jobs, the report said. Reliance on public assistance, however, continued for many past participants in the program. The success of such job-training programs is key as state officials struggle to help needy individuals find jobs and get off — and stay off — welfare…”
Day: August 8, 2013
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Time to take a bite out of food stamps?, By Connie Cass and Mary Clare Jalonick (AP), August 2, 2013, Denver Post: “Food stamps look ripe for the picking, politically speaking. Through five years and counting of economic distress, the food aid program has swollen up like a summer tomato. It grew to $78 billion last year, more than double its size when the recession began in late 2007. That makes it a juicy target for conservative Republicans seeking to trim spending and pare government. But to many Democrats, food stamps are a major element of the country’s commitment to help citizens struggling to meet basic needs. These competing visions are now clashing in Congress…”
Kids Count Report – Ohio
Franklin County children left out of recovery, By Rita Price, August 8, 2013, Columbus Dispatch: “The economic recovery isn’t reaching enough Franklin County children. More than a quarter of the county’s boys and girls — 26.5 percent — were living in poverty in 2011, according to a report released yesterday by the Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio. Child advocates say the slide has been swiftest in recent years: A decade earlier, in 2001, only 15 percent of Franklin County kids lived in households with incomes at or below the poverty line…”