Study: Beneficiaries forced off welfare in Maine face “severe hardships”;...
Workers at the Eligibility Benefits Center in Waterbury sort through applications. In 2011, Maine passed legislation proposed by Republican Gov. Paul LePage that put a 60-month time limit on welfare...
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Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Jan Rossier, director of the Parent Child Center at Northeast Kingdom Community Action. I am a director of a Parent Child Center that offers an array of services...
View ArticleVermont Legal Aid suit aims to halt cuts to low-income cash benefits
Chris Curtis of Vermont Legal Aid. Photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger Vermont Legal Aid filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday seeking to halt implementation of a $125 reduction in the monthly Reach Up...
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