JustRalph
05-22-2010, 07:41 PM
http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/05/22/copy/state-giving-families-on-welfare-extra-100.html?adsec=politics&sid=101
Nice,,,,,, a hundred bucks a vote..........and 80 percent is Federal Stimulus Money that Obama authorized. Obama Bucks just keep on Flowing! I hope you guys in other states are happy to be paying for Ohioans
Strickland is in a tight Governor's race in Ohio.........so he chucks in a little cash to sweeten the deal..........
State giving families on welfare extra $100
Strickland orders one-time payout as part of June checks
hio families relying on cash assistance will get an extra $100 in their June welfare checks.
Gov. Ted Strickland ordered the one-time payment to each of the 103,000 families now relying on the safety-net program to meet their basic needs.
"Ohio is committed to ensuring the improved well-being of families and children in these trying times," Strickland wrote in an executive order Thursday to authorize the payments.
With the state unemployment rate at 10.9 percent, the governor noted that the challenges facing families are great, particularly as many begin to exhaust their unemployment benefits.
The state is using $8.4million in federal stimulus money and $2million in state funds to cover the one-time payments. Federal regulations require states to provide a 20 percent match.
The state funds will come from money budgeted but not spent by the Department of Job and Family Services, which oversees Temporary Assistance to Needy Families and other assistance programs, said Strickland spokeswoman Amanda Wurst.
Nice,,,,,, a hundred bucks a vote..........and 80 percent is Federal Stimulus Money that Obama authorized. Obama Bucks just keep on Flowing! I hope you guys in other states are happy to be paying for Ohioans
Strickland is in a tight Governor's race in Ohio.........so he chucks in a little cash to sweeten the deal..........
State giving families on welfare extra $100
Strickland orders one-time payout as part of June checks
hio families relying on cash assistance will get an extra $100 in their June welfare checks.
Gov. Ted Strickland ordered the one-time payment to each of the 103,000 families now relying on the safety-net program to meet their basic needs.
"Ohio is committed to ensuring the improved well-being of families and children in these trying times," Strickland wrote in an executive order Thursday to authorize the payments.
With the state unemployment rate at 10.9 percent, the governor noted that the challenges facing families are great, particularly as many begin to exhaust their unemployment benefits.
The state is using $8.4million in federal stimulus money and $2million in state funds to cover the one-time payments. Federal regulations require states to provide a 20 percent match.
The state funds will come from money budgeted but not spent by the Department of Job and Family Services, which oversees Temporary Assistance to Needy Families and other assistance programs, said Strickland spokeswoman Amanda Wurst.