1998
November/December 1998
Briefs Supporting and Opposing Durational Residency Requirements Filed in Supreme Court
Summary Judgment in WA Residency
Family Cap Challenge Survives Motion to Dismiss
Notice to Be Given That Clock Ticks for $0 Grant
Notice of Right to Re-Apply Agreed To
Impartial Hearing Officer; Adequate Notices Agreed To
October 1998
Review of Favorable NJ Durational Residency Decision Sought
IL Appeals Durational Residency Case
First Circuit Postpones Durational Residency Case
PRA Continues AFDC Duty to Correct AFDC Underpayments
HIV-Positive Applicant is Subject to NYC Verification Rule
No Work Sanction If No Child Care
MA Hearing Decision Says TANF Participant Can Appeal Time Limit At Any Time
September 1998
Supreme Court to Hear California Durational Residency Case
Third Circuit Strikes Down PA Durational Residency Law
Medicare HMOs Must Provide Due Process
Reversal in NYC Workfare Prevailing Wage Case
Reversal in NYC Workfare Health and Safety Case
Further Relief in NYC Assessment and Training Workfare Case
Class and Preliminary Relief Denied in MA TANF ADA Case
Consent Decree in Challenge to Raid Against Welfare Tenants
Prisoner Protests Revocation of Work Release after Welfare Application
Montant Case Challenges Recovery of Administrative Error FS Overpayments
August 1998
TRO Granted in Legal Immigrants' Challenge to New York State's Food Stamp Program
MN, NY Residency Requirements Enjoined Again
Illegal Medicaid Terminations in NYC Challenged
NYC Failure to Provide Timely Foster Care Benefits Challenged
Montana Family Sanction for One-Day Late Paperwork
July 1998
CA Seeks Supreme Court Durational Residency Review
NJ, IL Durational Residency Laws Are Unconstitutional
Reversal in CA GA Drug Screening Challenge
Amended Complaint in NYC Workfare Case
Hearing Decisions Find CO Sanction Notices Inadequate
June 1998
Contempt Finding Against NM Governor for Continuing His TANF Plan
Win in Challenge to Workfare for NYC High School Students
APA Suit Results in Changes to FL Proposed Time Limits Rule
Settlement in Food Stamp Fair Hearing Class Action
Court Rejects Workfare Workers' Representative for Worksite Inspection
IOLTA Loses Round One in U.S. Supreme Court
Discrimination Against MA TANF Recipients with Disabilities Challenged
Minimum Wage Challenge to NYC Workfare Program
Sanction for Child Support Non-Cooperation Reversed
Inadequate Notice in WA GA Termination
May 1998
NY Residency Provision Enjoined -- Again
Initial Win for NYC Disabled Workfare Workers
PA Residency Briefed by Parties and Amicus
Unions Submit Amicus Brief in NYC Workfare Case
Suit Claims Indiana Agency Denies Right to Re-Apply for Food Stamps, Medicaid, TANF
Domestic Violence Threat Is Good Cause For Non-Compliance with Work Program
Delaware Sanction Reversed For Inadequate and Inaccurate Notice
Delaware Agency Did Not Show Recipient's Bad Faith In Complying With Child Support Requirements
April 1998
RI Durational Residency Provision
No Property Interest in FS Transition
Full Family Sanction for Child Support
Workers in Program for Homeless Covered by Minimum
Workfare Hours Must Be Based on Comparable Wage
NYC Welfare Agency Fails to Prove Willful
County Liable for Workfare Worker's Worker's
NY Fair Hearing Summaries on the Web
March 1998
ALJ Finds NYC Workfare Assignment Violates Minimum Wage
Sexual Harassment Complaint Filed for Workfare Worker
Time Limits for Disabled GA Recipients Violates ADA
Applicants With AIDS Not Subject to Extra Verification
MA Hearing Officer Finds TANF Recipient Disabled
MA Hearing Officer Finds Good Cause for Not Keeping Appointments
January/February 1998
9th Circuit Win in CA Durational Residency Case
PI Granted in WA Durational Residency Challenge
Due Process Inapplicable to Vendor Payment Switch
Settlement in NY Processing Delays Case
NYC Workfare Sanction Tossed Out
Attorneys Fees Awarded in NY Sanction Case