Both chambers of the Michigan Legislature took action Thursday night to approve legislation that offers a temporary solution to help low-income residents heat their homes this winter. Senate Bills 864 and 364, which passed with bipartisan support in both the House and Senate, create a new Vulnerable Household Warmth Fund ...
Update: Michigan Legislature takes action on temporary plan to help low-income residents heat homes Washtenaw County is poised to lose nearly $19 million in utility assistance funds in the coming months — and potentially more if the federal budget situation worsens. That was the message relayed to county commissioners this ...
Supporters of an effort to open a new 24-hour warming center for the homeless in Ann Arbor say they now have an operational plan and volunteers lined up. But they still don't have a building. Ann Arbor resident Alan Haber, one of the supporters of the project, called on the ...
The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners took action Wednesday night to amend its budget for 2012 and 2013 to restore some of the lost funding for human services. By 10-1 vote, commissioners agreed to dip $257,076 into the county's general fund cash reserves to partially reverse cuts made last month.
From meager beginnings as a group of tent-dwelling protestors in Liberty Plaza, the Occupy Ann Arbor movement has evolved and its leaders are now on a mission. Their goal: to open a new 24-hour warming center for the homeless by December. They're out collecting petition signatures, holding fundraisers and lobbying ...
Cuts in funding for the Humane Society of Huron Valley dominated talks Wednesday as Washtenaw County commissioners took the first step in approving a new budget, including shifting funds previously earmarked for the agency into the sheriff's office budget. County officials reported that negotiations with the Humane Society have been ...
Felicia Brabec was appointed this week to fill a vacant seat on the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, representing the 7th District in Pittsfield Township. She officially replaces Democrat Kristin Judge, who resigned from the county board to take a job with a nonprofit Internet security company.
The Delonis Center's overnight warming center will be able to stay open this winter after the Ann Arbor City Council agreed Monday night to chip in $25,000 in funding. Up until now, it had been uncertain whether the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County, which operates the homeless shelter, was going ...
The emotional toll of having to trim millions of dollars from the county's budget was apparent Thursday, as Washtenaw County commissioners heard pleas to spare funding for the care of animals as well as human services programs providing food and shelter assistance. "This is probably the worst meeting I've ever ...
The Ann Arbor-based Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice plans to present a letter to Washtenaw County commissioners tonight calling for continued human services funding. In the letter, 94 area faith and community leaders urge commissioners to protect the safety net that sustains the county's neediest populations.
This map was presented at Thursday's Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners meeting showing how many families in the area will lose state cash assistance immediately on Oct. 1 under a new four-year limit on welfare benefits. Dozens more could lose benefits in the coming months.Thousands of Michigan families will lose ...
Several nonprofit human services agencies are getting a boost in funding after the Ann Arbor City Council took action Tuesday night to revise its 2011-12 allocation plan. The $85,600 increase in payments actually represents a previously decided restoration of human services funding that was to be eliminated in the last ...
It was with a sense of relief and pride that I read the report telling us that the Ann Arbor City Council had decided to use some of our municipal savings to maintain crucial human services for 2011-12 Think of our own family. When things are tight, don’t we do ...
The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners agreed Wednesday night on a plan to allocate $1 million from the county's general fund for community-based human services programs — including some targeted at hunger, homelessness and youth mentoring. The decision came in a 9-0 vote with commissioners Yousef Rabhi and Rob Turner ...
Representatives of Ann Arbor area nonprofit agencies came out in large numbers Monday night to lobby in support of maintaining city funding for human services programs. The Ann Arbor City Council was expected to vote to allocate $1.16 million from the city's general fund to several community nonprofit agencies, which ...
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