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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 2007
Page
2
The AP finds cash welfare families fell after time limits, but Medicaid food stamps and disability enrollments rose. Nearly one in six people rely on some public assistance, a peak since measurements began two decades ago. Critics say reform failed poverty reduction. supporters argue work incentives improved.
The TANF program combines federal and state funds for enrollment and expenditures. It notes that state programs mirror TANF in using federal and state money to support welfare services and assistance.
Cedar Rapids metro and Benton County public schools plus Kirkwood Community College closed as utility crews work to restore power. About 90,000 Alliant customers in Iowa lack electricity with up to three days to a week expected for full recovery.
Volunteers staffed a Red Cross shelter in Vinton as Benton County faced widespread outages from a winter ice storm. Across Iowa 250,000 customers were without power with tens of thousands more in several utilities blackout zones as lines and poles failed under ice. officials warned restoration could take days to a week.
North Liberty residents endured a lengthy blackout after a weekend storm. People hunkered down by candlelight reading by flashlight and wearing extra clothing to stay warm. Several thousand reported outages as crews worked to restore power by Sunday morning.
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