Monday, June 18, 2012

Ohio Has Thrown 40,000 Children Off Key Social Safety Net Program Since 2011

Ohio Has Thrown 40,000 Children Off Key Social Safety Net Program Since 2011: The Nation’s Greg Kaufman reports that “since January 2011, Ohio has thrown nearly 70,000 people — including 40,000 children — off of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance program, called Ohio Works First (OWF).” This amounts to nearly 25 percent of the state’s caseload, and is more that the total TANF roll [...]/p