A Tax Shelter For The Working Poor
Feb 23, 2004
 More than half a billion dollars in federal money is there for the taking by almost a quarter of a million New Yorkers who need it most, but they either
Bush's "Temporary Worker" Program
Feb 17, 2004
 Henry Ho made up his mind that he wanted to stay in New York shortly after he arrived here from Taiwan as a graduate student a year and half ago.
Battered Women And Their Fight To Keep Their Children
Jan 28, 2004
 When severely battered women Sharwline Nicholson, Ekaete Udoh and Sharlene Tillett went to court on behalf of themselves and their children, they began a legal
New Rules for the Homeless
Jan 26, 2004
 Families sleeping on the floor of the Emergency Assistance Unit in the Bronx.
New Rules for the Homeless
Jan 26, 2004
 Families sleeping on the floor of the Emergency Assistance Unit in the Bronx.
The Permanent Emergency For Homeless Families
Jan 26, 2004
 Families sleeping on the floor of the Emergency Assistance Unit in the Bronx.
Is Congress About To Shake Up Job Training?
Jan 22, 2004
 Since 1999, 235,000 would-be workers have entered the New York City workforce. The city has lost 240,000 jobs since 2000. As a result, at least half a million New Yorkers
Food Stamps Not Reaching Everybody Who Deserves Them
Dec 18, 2003
 Over 800,000 New York City residents who are entitled to food stamps are not receiving them, according to a leading community-based advocate for the poor, the Community Food Resource Center.
Domestic Violence and Family Homelessness; Also: Frightening Facts From Ferrer
Dec 08, 2003
 In 1999, Sharwline Nicholson was brutally beaten by her daughter's father after she told him she was breaking up with him. That night, while Nicholson was in the
Reforming Foster Care
Dec 08, 2003
 How much success has the city had in its effort to help thousands of foster families meet the daunting challenges of parenting other people’s abused and neglected children?More about:foster, people, parenting |