Housing authority helps families pursue dreams in Taos County
Joannie Ochoa directs the Family Self sufficiency Program at Taos County Housing Authority guiding HUD subsidized residents toward goal setting, training, and eventual home ownership. The program emphasizes skills from home management, childcare credentials, and five year escrow to build self sufficiency beyond welfare rules.
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Joannie Ochoa
Ochoa
Taos County Housing Authority
TCHA
HUD
Beatrice Silva
Taos County
Silva
Wesst Corp
Taos
Agnew
Connie Ochoa
Taos County Housing
Lawmakers clash over New Mexico welfare reform approach
Lawmakers criticized the Johnson administration and state Human Services Department over welfare reform as Secretary Duke Rodriguez defended SALUD and argued the old AFDC framework no longer applies. A Center on Law and Poverty lawsuit over agency authority looms, with debate on legal authority and funding.
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Anta FE
State Human Services Department
HSD
Duke Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Gary Johnson
House
Senate
Islators
Johnson
Varela
Center On Law and Poverty
New Mexico
Bob Ericson
Albuquerque
AFDC
Ericson
Julie McGregor Britti
State Human Resources Department
PROGRESS Welfare Reform Details in New Mexico
New Mexico outlines PROGRESS, a TANF reform, with $381 average monthly cash support, a 36 month lifetime limit, work requirements, and exemptions for disability, pregnancy, domestic violence, and Native American reserves. It tightens rules on schooling, living arrangements, vehicle assets, child support, and noncompliance penalties.
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Britti
Adult Progress
Progress
Cindy Rockenfield
Taos County
Progress Benefit
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Housing Authority
Lucky Varela
D-Santa Fe
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