Ways to beat the heat bill Nov 19, 2009
Only those eligible for Fuel Assistance or those receiving Social Security or Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children are eligible for this service. The weatherization program is available year-round. (Billerica Minuteman, MA)
Budget cuts will imperil state’s poor Nov 17, 2009
8 million reduction of the Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, on top of $8 million in cuts made earlier this fiscal year, means families who receive the assistance will lose an average of more than $400 a month. I don t want to be out on the streets, said Bonilla, of Boston, whose family will lose $238 in state assistance Jan. 1, and she cannot work because of her heart. (Boston Globe)
Benefit for Olten memorial fund slated Sunday Nov 16, 2009
misshoneybee wrote on Nov 13, 2009 9:29 PM:" I'm not sure if I'm going to the benefit or not but I do know this--when someone is incarcerated and they owe child support, a certain amount is taken out of their state tip. If the mother/father applies for AFDC (Aid for Dependant Children), it is essentially child support. The incarcerated parent is paying a very small amount, therefore, they fall in arrears. ". roseybud wrote on Nov 13, 2009 9:17 PM:" soncerea wrote on Nov 13, 2009 8:45 PM:"you... (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Public option gives real choice (13) Nov 8, 2009
If the woman is very poor she may qualify for welfare programs such as Medicaid, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and Women Infant and Children nutrition program (WIC). However, working poor and lower middle class women often do not qualify for such public assistance. (Boerne Star, TX)
Homeless man drives into water (2562) Nov 3, 2009
getalife wrote on Nov 2, 2009 8:53 AM:" What a bunch of nonsense you folks are spewing, as if someone has to go to jail to get food, Hanalei and Princeville have food banks where every week one can get plenty of free food, easily enough food for the week and that's not counting all the other food banks on the island that you can go to. And then there are food stamps, welfare checks, section 8, AFDC, WIC, private charities and last but not least, GET A JOB YOU DRUNK, DRUGGED LOSER !!!And one more... (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
I-195 visitors center in Swansea shutting down Nov 1, 2009
6 million for the Office of Travel and Tourism, dwarfed by cuts like to the University of Massachusetts system ($32 million), transitional aid to families with dependent children ($16 million) and transportation of students in regional school districts ($18 million). The cut still impacts Binette, the handful of workers at the center and those who need directions to Cape Cod or a brochure to Battleship Cove. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
Ron Paul on the recession: 'None of this is behind us' Oct 25, 2009
When they learn that they will no longer be recieving their Social Security, SSI, AFDC, HUD, Section 8, WIC, etc. etc. (TheHill.com)
Georgia is failing its poor families Oct 16, 2009
This is a direct purpose of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, formerly known as welfare and Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), funded with federal money and a smaller state match. Right now Georgia has untapped opportunities to stem rising poverty. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Obama's Plan to Spread the Wealth Sep 22, 2009
The term "welfare" embraces much more than the single program formerly called AFDC that was "reformed" (and renamed TANF) in 1996. It includes 70 other programs that provide unearned cash and non-cash benefits to people living in low-income households (but does not include Social Security, Medicare and unemployment compensation, which are earned through work and available to almost everyone). (Townhall.com)
DeLeo deputies backing Wolf child support bill Sep 16, 2009
Alice Wolf told members of a legislative committee that the average income for a family of three receiving aid under the Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children program was $1,100 per month. "We know that none of us could live on that amount of money," Wolf said during testimony before the Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Letters for Tuesday, September 1, 2009 (902) Sep 2, 2009
Department of Human Services recipients especially at risk with these draconian cutbacks include adult victims of abuse and endangered children requiring Aid to Families with Dependent Children as well as those needing Child Protective Services and Foster Care. There has been a significant increase in adult abuse, usually elders and the disabled who are normally eligible for Adult Protective Services due to financial exploitation, inability to give self-care as well as physical and psychological... (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
My estate sale was an eye-opener Aug 31, 2009
sven31 wrote on Aug 30, 2009 9:43 AM:" As said by earlier posts, don't trust anyone who comes to a garage sale! Even those of us who are honest! This keeps everyone even. These are probably people living off the public dole (Yes, that's right a super liberal complaining about some people on welfare, AFDC, WIC,etc) who are dishonest in every aspect of their lives. Almost everyone at you sale was honest 100%. Even those on public assistance, but it is the couple of mutts you'll remember, who... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Giffords plans town hall meetings Aug 23, 2009
Jerry Jocko wrote on Aug 22, 2009 7:48 PM:" I can't wait for all the crazy cakes to scream at Giffords for socializing their AFDC, food stamps, medicare, medicaid and social security. They can wave and scream "liberal, liberal liberal". Boy if the news crews show up our property values will drop like rocks, nobody will want to live here. LOL ". Going Anyway wrote on Aug 22, 2009 7:43 PM:" To those who say this town hall in Sierra Vista is too late and won't make a difference, may I remind you... (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Feds Charge Dozens in Mexico-U.S. Drug War Aug 21, 2009
There would be NO NEED for universal health care of ANY KIND if every single "entitlement program" recipient were required to pass a drug test before they received ANY AFDC, food-stamps, subsidized housing or medicaid. Not only would that crack down on drug use TREMENDOUSLY, but it would also prompt these generations of "career" welfare recipie 00003010 nts to get off their rear-ends, get off DRUGS,get a job, PAY TAXES (which would, DUH, create MORE jobs) and boost the economy of our nation. (CBS News -- US)
Study:25 percent low-income kids having sex; average age 12 Aug 20, 2009
Here are the statistics on welfare recipients: Traits of families on AFDC (1) ... Here are the statistics on welfare recipients: Traits of families on AFDC (1). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Arrogance & apathy Aug 16, 2009
Observer1 wrote on Aug 15, 2009 8:59 AM:" Yes ... lets repeal all the socialistic programs. Like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Child Health Care, Aid to Families with dependent children ... all liberal socialism ". john galt wrote on Aug 15, 2009 4:28 PM:" TO EDDIE,And as they stood with their boot on the neck of slaves.Founding fathers had no idea of their situation in thier time either. ". (Boerne Star, TX)
Your views: Debating health care reform Aug 13, 2009
They also then may receive financial support through Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), food stamps and Women, Infants and Children (WIC) programs other examples of socialism that prevent hungry mothers with babies from wandering the streets. A girl who had been taught to think for herself might earlier have gone to the county health department and received taxpayer-funded birth control pills. (Florida Today)
Anticipation building over newly-created Rio Vista Scholarship Program Aug 8, 2009
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Supplemental Security Income (SSI). (Peoria Times, AZ)
SPECIAL REPORT ON TEEN SEX: Unprotected sex leads to unplanned future for teen (350) Jul 30, 2009
" The government (i.e., taxpayer), in its misguided effort to be "supportive," will reward this girl with food stamps, AFDC, and perhaps other welfare payments. Therefore, there is very little social stigma attached to unwed pregnancies. No wonder they are an epidemic. Whatever you reward you get more of. Part and parcel of "compassion sickness" that has eroded public and private morals over the last three decades. By rewarding it financially you get more of it. The father will disappear because... (Benson San Pedro Valley News Sun, AZ)
Your views: Political footballs Jul 24, 2009
How about food stamps, low-income housing, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Medicare, Medicaid, FEMA storm relief, federal grants for everything you can think of and the many other government socialistic programs. (2 of 2). (Florida Today)
Make Yourself Official Jul 15, 2009
Department of Human Resources (Food Stamp and AFDC programs). Department of Public Health. (AL.com)
Richard Mial: Poverty is up; safety nets are as vital as ever Jun 30, 2009
During the 1990s, when Republican Tommy Thompson was governor, he pioneered a new work-based replacement for the old Aid to Families With Dependent Children welfare system. Called Wisconsin Works, or W-2, the Wisconsin plan became a model for welfare reform in America. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Welfare Reform's "First Real Test" Jun 23, 2009
TANF, which use to be AFDC, is a farce ... So, if I were to win any winnings or when I file taxes, MY refund will be kept to repay the state for the AFDC I did get. (CBS News)
Are there restrictions on what can be purchased with food stamps? If so, whose responsibility is it to enforce those restrictions? Is it the grocery store/checker or is it just the honor system? Jun 6, 2009
jcspino wrote on Jun 5, 2009 4:57 PM:" That's nothing new, I actually saw some lady using her card (AFDC card)at a casino one time!! She was actually gambling the free money she gets from us taxpayer!!! I sent a letter to probe but no response. ". talkman wrote on Jun 5, 2009 7:28 AM:" To get these foods ineligible means to get the gov't to designate junk foods as unhealthy. Then the big food lobbies will fight it. Then the AM talk radio whiners, who hate food stamps, will line up to orally... (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
County braces for cuts Jun 6, 2009
Statistics on mother receiving AFDC and their average number of kids can be found here. www. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
African Americans are more vulnerable to welfare penalties Jun 2, 2009
Among women who reported receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC, the pre-welfare reform version of TANF), Mexican immigrants were significantly more likely to exit welfare within one year (57. 7 percent) than were white (37. (EurekAlert!)
Parents Protest Possible Childcare Cuts May 28, 2009
"I would no longer have a job. I have four children -- three boys and one girl. No one would want to watch them. I would be home receiving AFDC, $584, and that can take us nowhere. I would lose my job," said Bonner. The California Child Care Resource and Referral Network said 250,000 children would be affected by the proposed cut to CalWorks. (KCRA 3, CA)
Healthcare Options for the Unemploy... May 24, 2009
Categorically needy individuals include those eligible to receive Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), pregnant women and children under age 6 with a family income at or below 133% of the Federal poverty level, children ages 6-19 with families at or below the poverty level, and individuals who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Medically needy individuals are those with special medical needs who would otherwise not qualify for Medicaid because of having too much income and/or... (Suite101.com)
Budget is out of line May 12, 2009
There is also a First 5 program budget used for the same age group of children, as well as AFDC, medical, food stamps, etc. We need to look at some of these federal programs to see where overlaping is occuring and where taxpayer money is being spent. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
No one wants to address issue of child poverty Apr 30, 2009
"Welfare" for single parents used to be called "AFDC" (Aid for Families with Dependent Children). The old AFDC was based on a different belief in how best to handle single-parent households ... The belief of AFDC was that with single-parent households it was best to keep the parent at home to care for the children. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
LETTER: Paying our fair share of taxes is a patriotic duty Apr 28, 2009
All good reasons to favor a public policy requiring the wealthy to contribute in proportion to their means; a policy of using tax money to pay for such benefits as health care, old age and survivors benefits, public education, aid to families with dependent children, services for the disabled, and disaster relief, often spoken of scornfully as a federal welfare system. None of us has acquired their wealth solely as a result of their own hard work. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
One to Know: Retired social services worker Mary Crews making a difference Apr 9, 2009
Crews worked with food stamps until 1974, then transferred to Aid to Families with Dependent Children. She became a social services supervisor in 1976, and was the only black supervisor in the region, which included Danville, Henry County, Franklin County and Patrick County. (Chatham Star Tribune, VA)
Officials say...State budget falls short Apr 4, 2009
When the federal government created Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a replacement for AFDC, Wisconsin received a lot of money because it was a leader in welfare reform. So the Legislature removed $37 million from payments to counties because that sum was being supplied by the federal government, he said. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Help! I’m trapped in long, obligatory read! Apr 2, 2009
And after 50 years of voting Democrat, after 50 years of complaining about the circumstances they re in, after receiving all these benefits the Democrats have passed out (AFDC) they re still complaining. Their lives have been stolen from them. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Big Government: Welfare Reform R.I.P. Mar 18, 2009
Congress' big-spending "recovery" package reverts the federal-states welfare funding arrangement to the old Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) system in some respects making it worse than those bad old days. "For the first time since 1996, the federal government would begin paying states bonuses to increase their welfare caseloads," noted Heritage Foundation scholars Robert Rector and Katherine Bradley in an analysis released last month. (Investors Business Daily)
It’s wrong to base spending on dirt Mar 15, 2009
In relatively impoverished areas, the feds backfill big chunks of school funding with categorical programs, with AFDC and free and reduced-price meal programs. In troubled urban districts it s often necessary to increase teachers salaries to attract and retain good frontline educators. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Forum: Stimulus secretly ending welfare reform as we knew it Feb 24, 2009
The welfare reform of 1996 replaced the old Aid to Families with Dependent Children with a new program named Temporary Assistance to Needy Families. The key to welfare reform's reduction in dependency was the change in the funding structure of AFDC. Under the old AFDC program, states were given more federal funds if their welfare caseloads were increased; by contrast, federal funds to a state were cut whenever the state caseload fell. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Economy: Hope's Expiration Feb 24, 2009
Rector added that the new welfare system Obama would establish "is actually worse than the old AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) program because it rewards the states more heavily to increase their caseloads.". According to Rector, "Under the stimulus bills, the federal government will pay 80% of cost for each new family that a state enrolls in welfare . . . the original goal of helping families move to employment and self-sufficiency and off long-term dependence on government... (Investors Business Daily)
IBD: Obama Brings Back Welfare State Feb 24, 2009
The new welfare system Obama is establishing will actually be worse than the old AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) program because it will reward the states more heavily to increase their caseloads, the piece states. Uncle Sam would actually pay the states many billions of dollars to increase their welfare caseloads. (Newsmax)
Stimulus Bill Abolishes Welfare Reform Successes Feb 19, 2009
New System Worse than AFDC. The welfare reform of 1996 replaced the old Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) with a new program named Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) ... The true key to welfare reform s reduction in dependency was the change in the funding structure of AFDC.. (Human Events Online)
Wolf attends breakfast, touts child support bill Feb 17, 2009
Wolf s bill allows families currently receiving Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children (TAFDC) to keep more of the child support and allow child support arrears to go to families instead of to the state for repayment of welfare costs. Much of the cost for this is absorbed by the federal government. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Letters to the editor (Feb. 16) Feb 17, 2009
Tom Johnston wrote on Feb 16, 2009 10:41 AM:" Reagan...hmmm...what do we know about that guy? Let's see;During the Reagan administration the number of families living below the poverty line increased by one-third and middle-class incomes were barely higher than they had been a decade beforeReagan made major cuts in Medicaid, food stamps, aid to families with dependent children, and school lunch programs.The national debt tripled under ReaganReagan followed his 1981 tax cut with two large tax... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Paddling backward on a sea of pork Feb 15, 2009
Both the House and Senate versions of the stimulus bill would undo welfare reform by restoring the funding system of the old Aid to Families With Dependent Children. "The new welfare system created by the stimulus bills is actually worse than the old AFDC program because it rewards the states more heavily to increase their caseloads," according to Heritage Foundation analysts Robert Rector and Katherine Bradley. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The Liberal Conspiracy To Expand Welfare Feb 12, 2009
They attempt replicate the fiscal mechanics of the old welfare (AFDC) "entitlement," but with a bigger incentive to welfare expansion ... Indeed, the new welfare system created by the stimulus bills is actually worse than the old AFDC program because it rewards the states more heavily to increase their caseloads ... Under the stimulus bills, the federal government will pay 80 percent of cost for each new family that a state enrolls in welfare; this matching rate is far higher than it was under... (Slate)
Versa Mystery Solved Feb 8, 2009
I initially thought Charles Hurt of the N.Y. Post was the provision would "drastically undo two decades of welfare reforms." The essence of the 1996 reform was ending the individual legal entitlement to AFDC (cash aid to single mothers, basically) and replacing it with state-run programs that, in theory, require recipients to enter the work force ... This is welfare as everyone would define it--cash assistance to able-bodied single mothers (or fathers) who may or may not be working, as in the... (Slate)
