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Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty

TANF Program – Michigan

Welfare changes have saved state money; fate of ex-recipients unclear, By Ron French, October 23, 2012, MLive.com: “The number of Michigan families getting welfare checks from the state plummeted to the lowest level in more than 40 years just nine months after welfare reform was implemented. Twelve months in, the state is spending nearly $18 million a month less on cash assistance, the cumulative result of reform and an improving economy. Those figures represent the clearest picture yet of the startling scope of the state’s reform efforts. Less clear is the impact on the almost 15,000 families who lost benefits or are receiving cash assistance temporarily pending the outcome of a legal battle…”