Groups to Mend Child Welfare

According to detnews.com the Michigan Department of Human Services and partner groups are setting up a yearlong task force of more than 70 people, at a state cost of about $300,000, to dramatically reform welfare programs for children.

It will focus on such goals as keeping families together, reducing cases of abuse or neglect and providing for more visits from human services workers.

I do think this could help the programs of children being neglect or abused. Especially for foster care for children. Children do need to be taken care of. I think that this a great idea to help children cause many children and neglected and abused or somehow mistreated everyday.

Welfare Fraud

BAINBRIDGE -- Susan A. Mister, 29, and Rose M. Mister, 50, both of Bainbridge, were charged Saturday by the Chenango County Sheriff's Department with fourth-degree welfare fraud and first-degree offering a false instrument for filing, both felonies, after an investigation involving the Chenango County Department of Social Services Fraud Unit and sheriff's investigators.

Police said they fraudulently obtained $1,905 between April 2005 and last January by completing time sheets for child-care assistance and then turning them over to Chenango County for payment knowing they contained false information.

Wow...of all the people who could this money people have to lie about it? More like stealing it? What has happened to the world..? I would think the department of welfare would look more into people who signs up for this before given them money.

Homeless, Disabled could lose welfare

According to a post on yahoo news Utahs poorest of the poor is being target by the bureaucratic fix that requires them to enroll in a state health care plan or lose the 261.00 that they recieve each month from welfare. Why is it or why does it seem that since our country has hit recession, times just keep getting harder and harder? The poor citizens would be on the top of my list for the ones to recieve moeny frmo the government. Many have children to provide for and i believe that we should do whatever we can to take care of the children. Im not sure how enrolling in a health care plan can help the poor citizens. I think citizens should be offered having different choices to choose from but like i said they should be able to choose instead of forcing them into it saying they'll take the only money they get away from them unless they enroll in a plan.