North Carolina is first state to cut welfare amid federal shutdown
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - North Carolina has become the first state to cut off welfare benefits to poor residents in the wake of the partial federal government shutdown, ordering a halt to processing November applications until a deal is reached to end the federal standstill.
More than 20,000 people - most of them children - receive monthly benefits aimed at helping them buy food and other basic supplies through North Carolina's welfare program, called Work First, which is fully funded by the federal government. Recipients must reapply each month.
The state's Department of Health and Human Services told its local offices in a letter dated October 10 not to process applications for November benefits until the federal government reaches a deal to restore normal operations.
"We are heavily dependent on federal dollars," said Julie Henry, spokeswoman for the state HHS department. "When these kinds of things happen at the federal level, it has an immediate impact."
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/16/us-usa-fiscal-northcarolina-idUSBRE99F00Y20131016
uppityperson
(115,681 posts)DonViejo
(60,536 posts)Well I can't change the title.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)Just letting you know, Reuters screwed up.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)and thanks for letting me know.
former9thward
(32,136 posts)The state reversed it after a couple of days.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)R Merm
(409 posts)the tea party idiots are only concerned that the WWII memorial is closed. What a bunch of mean, self centered bastards.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)When they come back home they treat them like crap. Such phony outrage. Just want to bitch about nonsense
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)as props for a photo op.
Miranda4peace
(225 posts)that corporations operating in South Carolina use to hide money and avoid taxes.
NOT
Califa
(27 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)albino65
(484 posts)I enjoy vacationing there. I love the shore. I love the mountains. I love traveling the Blue Ridge Parkway. I love spending a lot of discretionary money there.
I hate that they go out of their way to disenfranchise voters, especially black voters. I hate that they turn to the poor to relieve their budget. I hate that they selectively thump their bibles. They need to read their own bibles:
Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.
albino65
(484 posts)One of our best tools we have is to vote with out wallets. I will eliminate North Carolina as a vacation spot and possible retirement state.