social services

A conversation with Johnny Rodriguez, president and CEO of Latin Americans United for Progress (LAUP), a social services center focused on the Latino community in West Michigan. And, a sneak peek at LAUP's 60th annual Fiesta celebration this week.

The Next Idea Take funding from the Affordable Care Act, add a $70 million state innovation model grant to the state Department of Health and Human…

Well, here’s some news you’ve been waiting for.Two bills may soon be on the governor’s desk requiring suspicion-based drug testing for welfare recipients.…

A community agency that serves thousands of low-income residents in Kalamazoo is in danger of closing.The Douglass Community Association formed almost a…

This week, Michigan Radio's State of Opportunity reporter Dustin Dwyer explores a pilot project in Michigan that helped kids and reduced state…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Residents involved in roughly 12,500 welfare cases in Michigan could lose benefits under a stricter, four-year lifetime limit that…