Poor to Get More Help to Pay for Heating ; Taft Orders Release of $75 Million in Surplus Welfare Funds

Dayton Daily News › October 10, 2005

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COLUMBUS -- Gov. Bob Taft issued an executive order Thursday that released surplus welfare funds to help lowincome families pay for heat this winter.

Now, $75 million in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds supplement the $100 million federally funded Home Energy Assistance Program, which provides vouchers to low-income Ohioans.

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Poor to Get More Help to Pay for Heating ; Taft Orders Release of $75 Million in Surplus Welfare Funds

Eligibility for the need-based program run by the Ohio Department of Development will increase fr...

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