Court: Some Michigan welfare recipients wrongly cut, By Kathy Barks Hoffman (AP), March 28, 2012, Detroit News: “Michigan can’t take away welfare benefits under a five-year federal limit if recipients still qualify for cash assistance under state law, a judge ruled Tuesday. Genesee County Circuit Court Judge Geoffrey Neithercut said in his ruling that state Department of Human Services Director Maura Corrigan “exceeded her authority” by ending benefits for more than 11,000 families last October because they had reached the federal limit even though they remained eligible under state limits. Michigan lawmakers in 2007 adopted a four-year limit that had several exceptions, then approved stricter enforcement last year…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty