AZ: Welfare Reform
Farm Bill Could Cut Off Many AZ Families from Food Stamps
PHOENIX - Around 850,000 people in Arizona rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, but advocates for food security fear the Farm Bill…
Healthcare Advocates Give New Medicaid Rules Mixed Reviews
PHOENIX – Advocates for Arizona families are giving mixed reviews to a decision by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The federal …
Arizona Caps Welfare Benefits at One Year, Nation's Lowest
PHOENIX - It appears Arizona will have the nation's shortest lifetime cap on welfare benefits after state lawmakers approved action limiting it to one…
Treating Poverty Like an Illness
PHOENIX, Ariz. - A Detroit-based social service agency is working on a pilot program to bring its unusual approach to dealing with poverty to Arizona …
Food Stamps on the "Fiscal Cliff" Chopping Block
PHOENIX, Ariz. - SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, would be fundamentally changed as a result of …
Family Advocates: State Budget Cuts Hurt Kids, Economy
PHOENIX – Child and family advocates say spending cuts in budget proposals from the governor and Legislature not only hurt kids and their famili…
GOP Budget Would Cut Help For Arizona’s Hungry
PHOENIX - Any Arizonan qualified for federal food assistance can get it - for now - but advocates say that would change under the budget proposed by U…
Center Vows Suit Over AHCCCS Cuts
PHOENIX - Up to a quarter-million low-income, childless adults would be cut off from Arizona's Medicaid program under various budget proposals being …
Arizona’s “Food Stamp” Rolls Hit One Million for First Time
PHOENIX - More than one million Arizonans are now using what used to be known as "food stamps" to purchase groceries for their families. Katie Kahle…
ID Cards for Illegal Immigrants: A Good Thing?
President Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Wednesday criticized Arizona's law that makes failure to carry immigration documents a crime…
Census Shows AZ Poverty Bad, and Getting Worse?
PHOENIX - New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows 15 percent of Arizonans, or 938,000 people, have incomes below the poverty level. Among children…
All the Shouting Getting You Down? Finding Facts About Healthcare Reform
PHOENIX - Arizona's congressional delegation is back in the nation's capital this week after an August recess filled with sometimes heated public deba…