They apparently wish to create a consortium of universities actively involved with these issues in their own communities. They are aiming to do a big conference next year and are having a planning meeting in January. At the moment, the planning process is not inclusionary. Erika will be meeting with women college presidents to enlist their aid in changing the welfare regulation which states that childcare and transportation vouchers cannot be used by those pursuing a four-year college degree. Indeed, she wishes that she had a tape recorder at these outreach meetings to document the stories the women tell.
State cracks down on welfare cases with warrants.
In it, reporter Andrea Estes details the initial results of the Department of Transitional Assistance's new policy on court warrant defaults. DTA has cross-checked their recipient lists with court lists to discover who has outstanding default warrants in Massachusetts. Recipients have 30 days, once notified by DTA, to make a good faith effort to clear up their warrants. If they do not do so, the recipient will be sanctioned with either a partial or complete cut in their benefits. Most people, as the Herald mentioned, are in default for traffic violations and petty larceny.