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"WV Works" and Welfare Reform
- "What You Need To Know About WV Works and Welfare Reform." One chapter from the "Making Connections" information book and web site. This chapter will tell you much about welfare benefits in WV, the time limits on getting welfare, and much more.
Other Topics:
Welfare/TANF
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2008 "School Clothing Vouchers" - Apply by July 31
- "School Clothing Vouchers" give you $200 for each school-age child in your household, to buy them new clothes for school. The application deadline is July 31. Learn more with this information.
Other Topics:
Welfare/TANF
Government and Governmental Services
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Burial Assistance program in West Virginia
- The burial assistance program assists with payment up to $1250 toward the cost of funeral expenses for an indigent adult or child. Learn more from the state DHHR web site.
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GovBenefits.gov - Find the benefits you may be eligible to receive
- Hundreds of benefit choices for you. Many ways to search. GovBenefits.gov--the official benefits website of the U.S. Government. Find out about all kinds of benefit programs that may help you and your family. Click here to go to the federal GovBenefits.gov website.
Other Topics:
Food Programs
Government and Governmental Services
Medicaid
Welfare/TANF
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Information About "Fair Hearings" at the Welfare Department
- What can you do if your application for benefits was denied? Or you've been cut off from benefits you were getting? You can appeal and ask for a "Fair Hearing." Learn more about what federal law requires the WV Department of Health and Human Resources to do to provide a "Fair Hearing."
Other Topics:
Appeals
Welfare/TANF
Medicaid
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On-line WV web page to apply for benefits
- Use West Virginia's on-line application page, to apply for medicaid, CHIP, welfare, Food Stamps and many other programs. An in-person interview may also be required, but this step gets the process started. Click to go to the state DHHR web site, then click on the "Online Services" words.
Other Topics:
Food Programs
Medicaid
Government and Governmental Services
Welfare/TANF
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School Clothing Allowance program in West Virginia
- West Virginia is one of only two states that help low-income families buy good school clothes for their kids. Learn more about the School Clothing voucher program with this information from the state DHHR web site.
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Summary of Public Benefits in WV
- A very brief listing of many different types of public assistance that are available in West Virginia, with some helpful information about each. Welfare, Medicaid, School Clothing Vouchers, the WIC Program, and more. Learn more about where to apply, and what the basic eligibility requirements are with this six-page document.
Other Topics:
Food Stamps
Health
Welfare/TANF
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Web site - "Making Connections" - Information on public benefits
- "Making Connections" is a collaborative effort of the West Virginia Welfare Reform Coalition, Legal Aid of WV, American Friends Service Committee, and Community Voices. The goal is to support outreach workers in informing and linking families to the services and benefits for which they might be eligible. This site has a fantastic manual of information on health care, education and job skills, welfare and Food Stamp benefits, and more.
Other Topics:
Food Programs
Welfare/TANF
Health
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Web site - Direct Action Welfare Group
- The "Direct Action Welfare Group (DAWG)" in Charleston, WV provides training, support, and advocacy to empower people in poverty to be heard on the national, regional, and state levels to ensure that they have a voice in the policies that affect them. DAWG provides information sessions where people in poverty meet with policymakers; organizes people in poverty to become leaders in their communities; and monitors state and national legislation. Call them at 304-539-3157, or click here to find out more from their web site.
Other Topics:
Food Stamps
Medicaid
Welfare/TANF
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Welfare History Timeline in Appalachia
- Information on the background history and development of welfare benefit programs, with a special emphasis on Appalachia. Prepared in 2003 by the Direct Action Welfare Group (DAWG).
Other Topics:
Welfare/TANF
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