Barry becomes the 10th Project Zero county to reach the benchmark, said Governor John Engler. Barry County Family Independence Agency Director Ronald Decker, his staff and community partners deserve our praise and thanks.
Welfare reform is alive and well in Project Zero counties.
It continues to put welfare recipients to work faster and more regularly than any other project of its type. Barry County was one of 23 counties and Wayne County districts to join Project Zero in October 1998. It joins Ottawa, Menominee, Midland, Manistee, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Leelanau and Newaygo as counties reaching zero. Newaygo reached for a second time May 21, as well. Those are conclusions from the April report on the project, released today by Engler.