Welfare

INDIANAPOLIS -- October 15, 2009 -- Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels said today the state has terminated its contract with IBM for the delivery of welfare services. The contract was canceled because the company did not make satisfactory progress to improve services to welfare applicants and recipients under a plan to correct deficiencies.

In its place, the Family and Social Services Administration will go to a hybrid system that will incorporate successful elements of the old welfare delivery system and what is known as the modernized system. The hybrid system will include more face-to-face contact and more localized team-based case management.    » read more »

October 16, 2009 -- Washington , D.C. – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) issued the following statement on the announcement by the State of Indiana that it is terminating contracts with private companies to automate the application process for food stamps, Medicaid and other benefits.

“I commend the state of Indiana for terminating the contract to privatize the delivery of food stamp benefits and other welfare services. The failures of these privatization contracts in Indiana and Texas should serve as a clear lesson that the administration of critical social services, especially during tough economic times, should not be contracted out to large corporations that are beholden to shareholders and not the American people.    » read more »

November 15, 2007 - As part of her No Worker Left Behind initiative, Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today announced that $6,836,583 has been presented to Michigan Works! Agencies (MWAs) to provide customized training to help welfare recipients obtain good-paying jobs and become self-sufficient.

"Transforming Michigan's economy starts by ensuring all workers have the skills employers need now," said Granholm. "This career training will help low income workers move off welfare by getting a good job and attaining financial independence."    » read more »

September 27, 2007 -- (MONTGOMERY) — Alabama Attorney General Troy King today announced a second arrest in a case involving welfare fraud at a Birmingham grocery store. Faramarz Mohammadi-pour, 48, of Hoover, was arrested on September 21. Mohammadi-pour, also known as Faramarz Mohammadipour, is an employee of Family Supermarket at 513 23rd Street North in Birmingham. The store's owner—Abolghassem Mohammadipour, also known as Abolghassem Mohammadi Pour, 59, also of Hoover—was arrested on July 24 on related charges.    » read more »

September 5, 2007 -- ORLANDO – Florida Governor Charlie Crist today addressed attendees of the Department of Children and Families’ Annual Statewide Dependency Court Summit during the opening session of the three-day conference. More than 1,200 individuals from throughout the state’s child welfare system were in attendance, including judges, law enforcement officers, protective investigators, social services professionals, attorneys and volunteers.    » read more »

Governor addresses first Kentucky Summit on Children

August 27, 2007 -- FRANKFORT, Ky. – At the first Kentucky Summit on Children, Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher today described shifting the focus of Kentucky’s child welfare system to emphasize prevention, in the same way the administration has transformed Kentucky Medicaid.    » read more »

August 27, 2007 -- MONTGOMERY — Alabama Attorney General Troy King announced that a Somerville man was sentenced today to serve 10 years in prison for welfare fraud. James Shea, 58, pleaded guilty in Morgan County Circuit Court on August 23 to committing second-degree theft of food stamp benefits, by misprepresenting his household income and resources. Because of previous felony convictions for crimes related to distribution of drugs, he was sentenced today as an habitual offender to serve the 10 year sentence in prison without a period of probation, and ordered to pay restitution.    » read more »

August 24, 2007 -- JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Governor Matt Blunt today announced that eight community action agencies are the recipients of $3,221,236 million dollars in Community Work Support Grant Awards to help welfare recipients gain the skills they need to move from poverty and dependence and into jobs and productive lives. The grant money will be used to provide workforce training for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients to help them acquire the needed skills to secure family supporting jobs.    » read more »

August 14, 2007 -- HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell today announced a $2.35 million investment in the state’s welfare-to-work transportation program to help low-income residents in 31 counties get to work.

“This program is critical to helping people overcome transportation barriers that previously prevented them from working,” Governor Rendell said. “By offering them a chance to be independent and provide for themselves and their families, we are creating a better future for them and their children.”    » read more »

Signs Legislation to Improve Child Protection Services; Report shows progress in improving the lives of children in state care; budgets this session and legislation signed today keep Oregon on the right path

June 25, 2007 -- Salem – Today at a bill signing ceremony for a package of legislation aimed to improve Oregon’s child welfare system, the Oregon Governor released a report from the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) that indicates that more children in Oregon exited the foster care system than entered in 2006, reversing a three-year trend and improving stability and pe    » read more »

Foundation to consult on First lady's "For Keeps" foster care initiative

June 25, 2007 -- RICHMOND – Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine and L. Douglas Wilder, Mayor of the City of Richmond, announced today that the Annie E. Casey Foundation will provide consulting services in an effort to develop family-focused, community-based services for young people.    » read more »

May 16, 2007 -- (MONTGOMERY) — Alabama Attorney General Troy King today announced the conviction of a Coffee County woman for 25 felony counts involving theft of $11,611 in welfare benefits and possession of forged documents, including a forgery of the probate judge's signature. Judy Calhoun Thomas, also known as Judie A. Thomas, of Elba, pleaded guilty on May 14 in Coffee County Circuit Court. She was sentenced to 32 months of imprisonment, which was suspended, and ordered to serve three years on probation and to pay full restitution to the State of Alabama.    » read more »