1999
November/December 1999
CO Sanction Notices Are Constitutionally Inadequate
Challenge to NY Fair Hearings Can Proceed
Mandatory Drug Testing for Welfare Participants Enjoined
Favorable Settlement in New York Workfare FLSA Case
OCR Finds Welfare Agencies Discriminate
AZ Case Challenges Arbitrary TANF Sanction System
New York Hearing Decision Reverses Work Sanctions
NY Hearing Decision Finds Failure to Appear for Assessment Warrants Termination Not Sanction
Ohio Hearing Decisions Reverse Work Sanctions
Favorable Ohio Hearing Decision on Duty to Assist with Verification
September/October 1999
Child-Support Non-Compliance Not to Result in Food Stamp Household Sanctions
New York Court Rules That EVR Violates Local Law Protecting Applicants with HIV/AIDS
Favorable EEOC Ruling in Workfare Sexual Harassment Matter
Suit Claims NYC Food Stamp Program Discriminates Against Non-English Speaking Individuals
MI Mandatory Drug-Testing for Welfare Participants Challenged
LA County Home Visit Pilot Project Challenged
NY Applicant Challenges Requirement to Repay Overpayments and Assign Future Earnings
PA Recipient Wins Right to ESL Program as Work Activity
No Sanction for Failure To Engage in Activity Not In Self-Sufficiency Contract
August 1999
MA Court Strikes Down Stricter Rules for Disabled Children
County "Demo Project" Ruled Illegal
California County to Provide Services for Those With Limited English Proficiency
Florida's Failure to Provide Medicaid to Former TANF Recipients Challenged
Plaintiffs-Appellants Submit Brief in NY Workfare Prevailing Wage Case
OH Sanction Reversed Based on Client's Good Faith Effort and Agency Misinformation
Ohio Agency Reverses Work Sanction
July 1999
Preliminary Relief Denied in MA Family Cap Case
NY Court Finds Sanctions Process, Fair Hearings Unfair and Biased
11th Circuit Upholds SSI and Food Stamp Cuts to Certain Legal Immigrants
Class Action Challenges NY Fair Hearing System
Challenge to NJ Regulation Defining TANF Household
WA ALJ Decides Appellant Wrongfully Sanctioned
WA ALJ Decides that Caseworker Cannot Define "Direct Employer Contact"
June 1999
U.S. Supreme Court Vacates and Remands Medicare HMO Due Process Case
U.S. Supreme Court Finds that an ADA Claim is Not Precluded by Receipt of SSDI
Court Allows Limited NYC Job Center Conversions, Sets Hearing on Monitoring Adequacy
NY Medicaid Program Unconstitutionally Excludes Lawful Immigrants
Colorado Court Rules That Due Process Applies Despite TANF "No Entitlement" Language
Settlement in RI Medicaid Delay Case
Court Finds Fair Hearing to Be Fundamentally Unfair
PA Fair Hearing Decisions Involving Agency Failure to Provide Notices
May 1999
U.S. Supreme Court Finds Two-Tier Benefits Unconstitutional
MA TANF Extension Determinations Must Include Earnings Disregard
Court Rules That New York City Shelter Allowance is Inadequate
Indiana Court Upholds Family Cap
Plaintiffs Seek Extension of Agreement to Provide Services to Spanish-Speaking Clients
Food Stamp Law Applied Retroactively
NY Fair Hearings Reverse Work Sanctions
April 1999
NYC Must Do Individualized Assessments and Employability Plans
Adequate Notice Required in NYC Workfare Case, Class Decertified
Settlement in Indiana TANF Notice Case
TANF and FS Bar for Convicted Drug Felons Upheld
IN Agrees to Correct Improper FS Drug Felony Conviction Denials
OH Hearing Decisions Reverse Sanctions
NY Hearing Decision Reverses Sanction
March 1999
U.S. Sup. Ct. Finds No State Action or Property Interest in Workers' Comp Case
Union Claims NYC Workfare Displaces City Employees
OH Recipient Sues Over Sham Assessment
February 1999
Court Bars NYC Job Center Expansion
Adverse Decision in NY Food Aid Challenge
CA Court Enjoins Home Search Pilot Project
Child's SSI May Not Be Counted by TANF
CO Sanction Notices Challenged as Inadequate
January 1999
Supreme Court Hears Residency Argument
Preliminary Relief in MA Disability Process Challenge
Case Claims NYC Deters Food Stamps, Medicaid, Cash Aid Applicants: TRO Granted
Challenge to MA Child Support Cooperation Sanction System
Child Support for Child Subject to Family Cap Reduces Family's Grant
County Settles GA Drug Screening Test Case
Win in 6th Circuit MA Transportation Notice Case
Restriction on Welfare Litigation Invalid