MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua county legislature’s Human Services Committee will be meeting Wednesday to discuss a motion that calls for only giving state welfare benefits to only those people who live in New York State. Legislature Chairman Jay Gould … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Reed Calls for Continuation of Welfare Work Program
WASHINGTON - Congressman Tom Reed is throwing his support behind the Preserving the Welfare Work Requirement and TANF Extension Act of 2013. The legislation ensures that work requirements remain a central part of the Temporary Assistance for Needy … [Read more...]
Chautauqua Lake Focus of Discussion During County Legislature Committee Meeting
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature will be holding three committee meetings today. Highlighting the meeting schedule is the Planning and Economic Development committee, which meets in Mayville at 7 p.m. on the third floor of the Gerace … [Read more...]
Officials Say Welfare-to-Work Improvement Initiative Would Cost $500,000
MAYVILLE – The Chautauqua County Department of Social Services has drawn up a plan that would require the addition of 16 new employees to help improve the county’s Welfare-to-Work participation rate. That from a report in the Jamestown Post-Journal … [Read more...]
Mueller Announces Intention to Run for State Assembly Seat
LAKEWOOD - A former Chautauqua County Legislator is officially announcing his intention to run for Assemblyman in New York’s 150th District. Dr. Rudy Mueller (D-Lakewood), local physician and former Minority Leader of the Chautauqua County … [Read more...]
County Lawmakers Pass Oversight Legislation for Welfare-to-Work Program
MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County Lawmakers last night passed several resolutions, including one that would require the county Department of Social Services to create an action plan that would help to increase participation in the so-called … [Read more...]
Legislature Monthly Voting Session is Tonight
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature will hold its regular meeting tonight in Mayville, with several key items on the agenda. Among them is a bill that would call on the county to provide $500,000 to match a federal grant that would be … [Read more...]
