Friday, January 01, 2010
Welfare Payments Extended
WEST VIRGINIA...
After declining steadily for the past decade, temporary welfare payments from the state to families who have exhausted all other benefits are on the rise again. WV WORKS, administered by the Department of Health and Human Resources, was restructured in 1997 to provide temporary assistance to families who have exhausted other benefit avenues. Over the past 18 months officials have seen a steady uptick of about 1,800 additional cases, bringing the new total to almost 11,000 in West Virginia. WV WORKS received $900,000 earlier from the federal government as part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, also referred to as the federal stimulus act. Program leaders want to direct that money toward creating jobs in some of the most economically depressed areas of the state, particularly in southern West Virginia.
After declining steadily for the past decade, temporary welfare payments from the state to families who have exhausted all other benefits are on the rise again. WV WORKS, administered by the Department of Health and Human Resources, was restructured in 1997 to provide temporary assistance to families who have exhausted other benefit avenues. Over the past 18 months officials have seen a steady uptick of about 1,800 additional cases, bringing the new total to almost 11,000 in West Virginia. WV WORKS received $900,000 earlier from the federal government as part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, also referred to as the federal stimulus act. Program leaders want to direct that money toward creating jobs in some of the most economically depressed areas of the state, particularly in southern West Virginia.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 8:46 AM 
