Jobs funding set to expire before it has chance to work, By Tony Pugh, February 4, 2010, Kansas City Star: “After a slow start, states struggling with record unemployment are scrambling to create and expand subsidized jobs programs that could employ thousands of poor adults, teens and disabled people. They’re running out of time, however, because nearly $4 billion in unspent stimulus money that would finance the efforts is set to expire on Sept. 30. As a result, many are pushing Congress to make the remaining funds available for another year. Unless that happens, many states and local governments won’t have enough time to push new jobs programs through, and others will face cutbacks. In California, job programs in San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties already have imposed cutoff dates for new job placements because of the Sept. 30 deadline…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty