Staff ReportsJune 18, 2024
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'The bill replaces hand-outs with hand-ups, with the new School Readiness Plus program helping families get off these benefit programs completely.'
Tag: TANFCrowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)
Staff ReportsJune 18, 2024
Wire ServicesJuly 15, 2020
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Another sign of the pandemic's economic toll.
Jacob OglesMarch 24, 2020
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This should ease access to food and housing assistance amid coronavirus pandemic.
Ryan NicolMarch 19, 2020
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Those without internet access can also apply over the phone or via drop boxes at those storefronts.
Peter SchorschMay 3, 2018
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State and federal programs aimed at helping low-income Florida families aren’t working, according to a new report from the Florida Children’s Council. “Positive child and youth outcomes, financial stability for families, and economic vitality for businesses are interrelated goals. There is clear need to rethink social service policy and align work-based solutions with child and family […]
Peter SchorschDecember 5, 2017
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Cape Coral Republican Rep. Dane Eagle announced a pair of bills Tuesday that would relax rules on conceal carry weapons permitholders whose firearms are seen, and another to “eliminate fraud” among Temporary Assistance for Needy Families recipients. HB 39 would make a brief sighting of a firearm held by a person with a CCW permit […]
Les NeuhausMarch 21, 2017
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Two measures dealing with drug testing for certain public aid applicants and law enforcement taking over DCF’s role investigative role in another county met no resistance Tuesday. Among several bills heard by the Senate Children, Families and Elder Affairs Committee were two dealing with applicants of temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) and child welfare […]
Les NeuhausMarch 21, 2017
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A bill approved by a Florida House committee Tuesday would increase penalties for Floridians receiving food stamps and cash aid that have not met obligations to find work. HB 23 would return those penalties to levels before the 2008 Great Recession. Cape Coral Republican Rep. Dane Eagle, who introduced the same measure in the 2016 […]
Les NeuhausMarch 13, 20173min468
A bill that would require drug testing for adults of families previously convicted of drug offenses who are applying for temporary family assistance from the state of Florida passed a House committee Monday. Sponsored by Rep. Chris Latvala, the bill – HB 1117 — would mandate the Department of Children and Families (DCF) to give […]
Mitch PerryDecember 4, 2014
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Once again, Rick Scott has had his plans to drug test Floridians thwarted by a judge – this time by the three justices who comprise the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. The court has ruled that a 2011 Florida law mandating that all applicants for the state’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program submit to […]