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Public Assistance

The High Costs of Aging Out

Richard Buery | Posted 05.07.2013 | Impact
Read More: Community Service Society, Youth, Poverty, Public Assistance, Mentoring, Disconnected Youth, Social Return on Investment, Job Training, High School Dropouts, At-Risk Youth, Homeless Youth, Homelessness, After-School Programs, Cuny, Housing Assistance, Youth Unemployment, Foster Care, Impact News
Richard Buery

Too many youth in foster care spend their 21st birthday packing their bags, finding a place to live and figuring out how they are going to pay the rent and put food in the fridge.

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Thousands Of Lottery Winners Are Benefitting From Welfare, Report Reveals

Posted 04.17.2013 | Business
Read More: Welfare, Video, Lottery Winner Welfare, Michigan Lottery Winners Welfare, Lottery Jackpot, Public Assistance, Lottery-Winner-Food-Stamps-Dies, Michigan Lottery, Michigan Lottery Winners, Business News, Michigan-Lottery-Winner, Lottery Winner Food Stamps, Business News

Thousands of lottery winners in one state are benefitting from public assistance, a new government report reveals. But many could lose those benefits ...

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John Celock

State One Step Closer To Drug Testing Applicants, Lawmakers

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.27.2013 | Politics
Read More: Welfare, Video, Unemployment, Kansas Politics, Public Assistance, j.r. Claeys, Drug Testing, Unemployment Benefits, Welfare Benefits, Kansas Drug Testing, Barbara Bollier, John Wilson, Unemployment Drug Testing, Welfare Drug Testing, Politics News

The Republican-controlled Kansas House of Representatives on Tuesday approved legislation that would require drug testing for members of the state Leg...

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Alice Hines

Hungry Families Crowd Food Stamp Centers In NYC

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 11.06.2012 | Business
Read More: Welfare, Fema, Benefits, Video, Disaster Relief, Human Resources Administration, Coney Island, Public Assistance, Bay Ridge, Ebt, Business News

Kayla Noell was having a tough time even before the hurricane. The 21-year-old single mom uses the $526 in food stamps she receives each month to feed...

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Ethical Dilemma: When Is It Time to Cut?

Aaron Hurst | Posted 06.05.2012 | Home
Read More: Ethical Problems, Public Assistance, Neuter, Spay Neuter, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethics, Home News
Aaron Hurst

On numerous occasions I have written to the New York Times Ethicist columnist with ethical dilemmas arising from my job and personal situations. They...

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Oklahoma Politicians Vote To Drug Test Themselves

Posted 03.13.2012 | Politics
Read More: Video, Public Assistance, Oklahoma Drug Testing, Drug Testing, Drugs, Drug Testing Welfare, Oklahoma Drug Testing Bill, Drug Testing Public Assistance, Politics News

By Steve Olafson Oklahoma legislators voted to subject themselves and politicians throughout the state to the same drug test they will require...

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GOP Lawmaker Compares Food Stamp Recipients To Wild Animals

The Huffington Post | Leigh Owens | Posted 03.07.2012 | Politics
Read More: Video, Minnesota, Franson, Food Stamps, Republicans Food Stamps, Public Assistance, Minnesota Food Stamps, Mary Franson Food Stamps Insult, Minnesota State Rep Mary Franson, Mary Franson, Mary Franson Food Stamps Comparison, Mary Franson Food Stamps, Foodstamps, Mary Franson Insults, Politics News

In a message to constituents last week, Republican Minnesota State Rep. Mary Franson seemed to compare food stamp recipients to wild animals. Frans...

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Janell Ross

Cashing In On Poverty: Banks Harvest Fees On Unemployment Benefits

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 01.01.2012 | Business
Read More: Prepaid Debit Cards, Welfare, U.S. Bank, Bank Fees, Bank Fees Unemployment Benefits, Public Assistance, Unemployment Benefits, Swipe Fees, Debit Cards, Business News

Out of work and living on a $189-a-week unemployment check, Rob Linville needs to watch every penny. Lately, he has been watching too many pennies dis...

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Laura Bassett

Kentucky Lawmaker: Drug Testing Welfare Recipients Would Save 'Millions And Millions'

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Drug Testing, Welfare, Medicaid, Random-Drug-Testing, Food Stamps, Welfare Reform, Public Assistance, Marijuana, Politics News

Kentucky state Rep. Lonnie Napier (R-Lancaster) has introduced a bill that would enforce random drug testing for all adult Kentuckians receiving welfa...

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Andre Bauer, GOP Candidate: People On Public Assistance Are Like 'Stray Animals'

The State | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Gop, Public Assistance, Andre Bauer, Bauer Comment, South Carolina Governor Election. Bauer Stray Animals, Andre Bauer Stray Animals, Politics News

Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer said Saturday he could have chosen his words more carefully when he compared people who take public assistance to stray animals F...

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