Nonprofit Newswire | Poised on the Brink: Jobless in Michigan

Ruth McCambridge

July 6, 2010

July 5, 2010; Source: Livingston Daily | As congress failed to act on extending jobless benefits last week, going on a break until July 12, the 400,000 unemployed in Michigan were left to wonder about how far they actually are from the precipice. With the extension, unemployed people would have benefits for 99 weeks—without these benefits they will receive benefits for only 26 weeks. The Michigan jobless rate has stopped rising recently but has not improved and is now at 13.6 percent. The United Way for Southeastern Michigan reports that its 211 line has “blown up” and safety net organizations are poising to try to help if the worst happens.—Ruth McCambridge

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Ruth McCambridge

Ruth is Editor Emerita of the Nonprofit Quarterly. Her background includes forty-five years of experience in nonprofits, primarily in organizations that mix grassroots community work with policy change. Beginning in the mid-1980s, Ruth spent a decade at the Boston Foundation, developing and implementing capacity building programs and advocating for grantmaking attention to constituent involvement.

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