More than 5K Ariz. families denied welfare checks

[hvactec]

Decision is result of federal shutdown

Thu Oct 3, 2013 9:23 PM

More than 5,000 low-income Arizona families failed to get their welfare checks Thursday in one of the more tangible early effects of the federal government shutdown.

The group included people who had been approved for cash assistance, which averages $207 per person, but were not paid because money for the federally funded, state-run program had run out. About 11,000 other families already had received their aid this month, but their benefits could be affected if the political stalemate in Washington stretches into November.

In all, 5,150 families eligible for help from the federally funded Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program missed payments on Thursday. In August, the Arizona Department of Economic Security distributed $3.3 million under TANF. Two-thirds of recipients are children, according to DES reports.

The loss of federal funding in Arizona on Thursday not only affected welfare checks but also affected some privately operated safety-net organizations, including shelters for the homeless and victims of domestic violence, which will lose funds earmarked to them in federal block grants.

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[Avorysuds]

Good. never give it back, then when these people demand we stop corporate subsidies they will have a leg to stand on, and rightfully so.

 

[Soulless65]

Good. never give it back, then when these people demand we stop corporate subsidies they will have a leg to stand on, and rightfully so.

Hah like the Dems or Repus would ever stop Corporate Welfare man you must be smoking dope to believe that

 

[R.C. Christian]

Ooops.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

If anyone should lose benefits it should be those on welfare since their checks are just charity. OTOH, pensions and social sec is money we are obligated to pay.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

The loss of federal funding in Arizona on Thursday not only affected welfare checks but also affected some privately operated safety-net organizations, including shelters for the homeless and victims of domestic violence

Glad to hear shelters for domestic violence victims are shutting. Those places are run by a bunch of sick dykes and are only interested in harrassing men.

 

[Eaglewings]

The loss of federal funding in Arizona on Thursday not only affected welfare checks but also affected some privately operated safety-net organizations, including shelters for the homeless and victims of domestic violence

Glad to hear shelters for domestic violence victims are shutting. Those places are run by a bunch of sick dykes and are only interested in harrassing men.

You have to be joking otherwise this is the most clueless ignorant comment that I have ever read.