We stand alone again! "NC shutting down Work First" - only state to do so

[NRaleighLiberal]

http://www.wral.com/nc-shutting-down-work-first/12994151/

"RALEIGH, N.C. — More needy families in North Carolina will begin feeling the pinch of the shutdown Monday, as the state suspends its Work First program, a federally funded program also known as Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF).

State Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman Julie Henry confirmed that, as of Monday, DHHS has instructed county offices that "no new approved applications for Work First should be processed because of the unavailability of federal funds."

The short-term assistance program is designed to help families stay off welfare by supplying limited cash benefits, child care, food stamps and Medicaid for up to three months.

In September, the cash assistance payments for Work First totaled almost $4.8 million. More than 20,700 people were served by the program statewide last month, including 13,761 children.

North Carolina is the only state in the country shuttering its program."

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more to read

the comments are, as usual, often disgusting. Once again, I am embarrassed by NC.

[stage left]

1. I can't believe it.

You mean SC didn't shut it down? I read some of the comments and then quit. I couldn't stomach any more.

[barbtries]

2. DHHS

isn't that the agency where mcrory put his friends in high places at huge wages for no experience or education? i'm sure they won't be missing a paycheck. kill the poor in NC!
ugh.
i'm beginning to think that pushing the world into another great depression is their goal.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

3. Be proud, North Carolina.