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Article: New Hope program loses $2.9 million in funding Federal welfare-reform gives block grants to state instead
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- November 12, 1996
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Milwaukee's New Hope anti-poverty experiment is forced to live up
to its name after learning that an estimated $2.9 million of its
federal funding has been negated by the new federal welfare law.
"It's a serious situation, but we're very confident that we're
going to resolve it," said Julie Kerksick, associate director of the
public-private venture to learn how to help low-income families
become self-sufficient and escape poverty.
The money was shifted from New Hope to the state Oct. 1 because
the new law converted funds for such projects into block grants for
states to spend as they see fit.
In the meantime, New Hope plans to ask its private donors who
were expected to contribute $1.8 ...