More aid urged for working poor in Suffolk
Photo credit: David Pokress | The Suffolk County Welfare to Work Commission released its report to the County Legislature outlining proposals for increased funding to aid the working poor. (Dec. 20, 2012)
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A special legislative panel studying the issue of poverty in Suffolk recommended Thursday that the county extend bus service hours, increase child care funding by $2 million, and rehire 80 county health and social service workers to aid low-income residents.
At a news conference in Hauppauge, the county's Welfare to Work Commission unveiled a 71-page report -- the result of a six-month study...
