Howard County residents aren’t immune to financial struggles, group says.
A group whose study found that a family of three needs more than $63,000 a year to not be considered "working poor" in Howard County is asking the County Council to address questions about how to best serve those in need, especially in regard to affordable housing. The Association of Community Services of Howard County (ACS), a network of Howard County human services providers and advocates, was set to meet Tuesday with County Council members in the wake of the findings of a study commissioned by the ACS and conducted by the Policy Analysis Center. The study, entitled "Making Ends Meet" in Howard County, was conducted over more than a year by researchers at The Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies, finding that a family with two …
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I know there are those praying for snow but I'm hoping for a mild winter and an early spring.
The Weather: "Partly sunny, with a high near 39. Breezy, with a west wind between 20 and 24 mph, with gusts as high as 46 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. West wind between 11 and 15 mph. — The National Weather Service Shout-Out: I had a great meeting Wednesday with Karen Lubieniecki, a spokeswoman for the Association of Community Services of Howard County. Karen told me about some of the work ACS does, and gave me a directory of services and members that was packed with what I'm sure will be great contact information to have in the future. We also talked about our cats — Sydney and Beijing at my house and Bert and Andy at hers. It was a great meeting and it was fun to meet in person yet another Columbia cheerleader! …
H.R. Pufnstuf
7:56 am on Thursday, February 9, 2012
Agreed. Also, the $72,000 figure was what a single parent with two kids needs to make to live in Howard County. If you're a single parent with two kids to pay for, I wouldn't expect that it would be (nor should it be) particularly easy to move into one of the richest counties in the nation, especially if you're not getting child support. People need to be more realistic with their expectations. I… more ›