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HCJFS to introduce a kiosk to speed up public assistance applications

  • HCJFS to install a self service kiosk to speed up public assistance applications
  • April 8, 2012
Cincinnati—Hamilton County residents in need of public assistance or some other aid will soon have an alternative way to handle their...
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TANF Extension Includes New Provisions for Data Exchanges, EBT Cards

  • electronic benefit transfer
  • March 2, 2012
The Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program was set to expire in September of last year, but was given a short-term extension through...
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Public assistance still needed in locating Oakland homicide suspect

Oakland police continue to search for a suspect in the murder of 19-year-old Isaac White, the city’s first homicide of 2012.A recent call for...
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Public Assistance: Does it help those who help themselves?

Have you ever tried to get a little extra help from Public Assistance as asingle parent struggling to make ends meet. You probably were as...
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The importance of pro bono work

  • pro bono work
  • October 4, 2011
In 2009, the first annual National Pro Bono Celebration was held. The event was marked by a coordinated national effort to emphasize the importance...
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SJPD seeking public's help in locating missing woman

The San Jose Police Department is investigating the mysterious disappearance of a local woman who hasn’t been seen since early Sunday morning...
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Welfare drug testing law sparks debate and lawsuit

Florida’s Governor Rick Scott signed a law, effective July 1, 2011, requiring people applying for welfare to be drug tested in order to...
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Drug test imposed on applicants for family assistance or welfare

  • state drug test
  • August 26, 2011
TAMPA - On July 1, 2011 a Florida state law became effective to mandate drug testing for welfare recipients who applied for temporary cash...
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State of Connecticut cuts thousands of state jobs

  • State employee lay-offs
  • May 10, 2011
Over four thousand pink slips went out to Connecticut public employees today due to unions not coming to terms on concessions with governor Malloy....
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Spring of freedom, social revolutions and America's immunity

The “Arab Spring” currently sweeping across the Middle East has not borne well for dictators, who somehow had figured that they were...
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