Posted by Third and State on September 21, 2012 6:21 pm
Posted in:This week at Third and State, we blogged about the shrinking (and now disappeared) advantage Pennsylvania had over the national unemployment rate, concerns voiced by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court over the Voter ID Law, the "manufacturing jobs score" by presidential administration, new data on poverty in Pennsylvania and much more.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
- On jobs and the economy, Stephen Herzenberg fact checked a recent assessment of the Corbett administration's jobs record, and Mark Price blogged about the August jobs report showing that the advantage Pennsylvania had over the national unemployment rate has disappeared.
- On jobs and manufacturing, Stephen Herzenberg shared a commentary he co-authored with Colin Gordon of the University of Iowa on the "manufacturing jobs score" by presidential administration since 1948.
- On voter ID, Chris Lilienthal wrote about the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's decision to send the legal challenge to the law back to the Commonwealth Court — and the concerns voiced by the court about the law's implementation.
- On poverty, Chris Lilienthal highlighted media reports on new Census data on poverty in Pennsylvania and in major metro regions of the state. The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center also put out an overview of the new Census data on poverty, income and health insurance.
- On hunger, Jamar Thrasher blogged about how more colleges and universities are opening food banks for students who can't afford their next meal.
- And in Morning Must Reads this week, Mark Price highlighted news reports on Hershey's plan for a $300 million manufacturing plant and on Occupy Wall Street one year later.
More blog posts next week. Keep us bookmarked and join the conversation!
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What do you know of Gov.
What do you know of Gov. Corbett's plan to outsource financial management services now carried out by 37 providers to 22,000 clients to for-profit Public Partnerships Ltd. in Boston? Statewide, 500 are expected to be laid off in PA. The jobs will go to MASS. and to a call center in AZ.
This is after Christian Financial Management, an interim manager, held up paychecks for caregivers for weeks.These decisions were made without consultation with the agencies involved. United Cerebral Palsy in Pittsburgh held a forum with legislators last week. UCP lost a $13 million contract to support their clients, people with severe disabilities, and had to lay off 26 staff.
Act 22 and DPW's so-called efficiencies also means that instead of a one stop shop for needed services, these people and ther overworked staff will be shuffled around to an enrolling agency, then a coordinator of care, then a provider of care, who will identify a caretaker. All of these decisions were made without even consulting agencies like UCP who have done a superb job for decades.
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