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Poverty and Assistance

Are we doing enough?

We are doing a lot, but it is hard to know whether we are doing enough to support those who have lost income due to the COVID-19 recession.

Posted byWill BrownsbergerFebruary 5, 2021February 5, 2021Posted inPoverty and Assistance, Public Health30 Comments on Are we doing enough?

Please add Working against Poverty

It would be helpful if your categories included working against poverty. We don’t like to look at poverty in Massachusetts, but it is there. Here are some examples; With the …

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Posted byAliceKidderJanuary 15, 2014January 16, 2014Posted inPoverty and Assistance1 Comment on Please add Working against Poverty

The Senate’s Welfare Reform Proposal

The Senate has released its comprehensive proposal to strengthen the state’s largest cash assistance program, Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children (TAFDC). We will vote on it later this …

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Posted byWill BrownsbergerJune 18, 2013June 29, 2014Posted inPoverty and Assistance14 Comments on The Senate’s Welfare Reform Proposal

Background on Cash Assistance

The conversation about welfare fraud is going to continue over the next few weeks as the Senate develops its own package of reforms. As background to that, I thought it …

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Posted byWill BrownsbergerJune 10, 2013June 29, 2014Posted inPoverty and Assistance

Welfare Fraud

Will, The State Auditors scathing report on Welfare Fraud yesterday confirms my and many others suspicions that the Welfare System is ripe with massive fraud. Taxpayers are outraged at the …

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Posted byDavid BenoitMay 29, 2013June 29, 2014Posted inPoverty and Assistance15 Comments on Welfare Fraud

Youth Homelessness Epidemic Kickstarter Video

The average age of a person experiencing homelessness in MA is just 8 years old!   Please view the kickstarter project “Invisible Faces” to see how you can make a …

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Posted byAPphotography1December 8, 2012June 29, 2014Posted inPoverty and Assistance

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