Tag: Arizona Department of Economic Security
More than 240 furloughed workers at the Arizona Department of Economic Security are back on the job now that the federal government is back up and running. Arizona also will...
Brewer orders DES to continue welfare payments during shutdown
Brewer: State won’t pick up tab to keep Grand Canyon open during shutdown
DES director speaks to Congress about low-income safety net
CPS Director Clarence Carter (Photo from Arizona Department of Economic Security website) Clarence Carter, executive director of the Department of Economic Security in Arizona, spoke in...
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Napolitano’s years at Homeland Security pay dividends for ‘Arizona Mafia’
[caption id="attachment_40249" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told Senate committee that more than half of the undocumented immigrants who were deported in fiscal 2011 were convicted criminals, many...
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Child safety group: Focus CPS improvements on prevention
[caption id="attachment_55549" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Dana Wolfe Naimark, president of the Children’s Action Alliance, speaks with reporters after addressing Democratic lawmakers on the needs of Arizona Child Protective Services. (Cronkite News...
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DES: No delays for some jobless benefits after all
[caption id="attachment_54594" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="In this Dec. 6, 2012, photo, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, accompanied by from left, Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Sen. Chris...
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Arizona DES names chief for new child welfare unit
Ariz. facing cuts in unemployment benefits
Thousands of out-of-work Arizona residents are facing a loss of benefits this summer as Congress aims to cut long-term assistance to the unemployed. The Arizona RepublicA� reports the Arizona Department...