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Page 2A NATION/WORLD East Oregonian Tuesday, January 27, 2015 Snowstorm threatens to paralyze crowded Northeast AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews Pedestrians walk through wind-swept snow in down- town Brooklyn, Monday. More than 35 million people along the northeast corridor rushed to get home and settle in Monday as a fearsome storm swirled in with the potential for hurricane-force winds and 1 to 3 feet of snow that could paralyze the Northeast for days. NEW YORK (AP) — Tens of millions of peo- ple along the Philadel- phia-to-Boston corridor rushed to get home and settle in Monday as a fearsome storm swirled in with the potential for hurricane-force winds and 1 to 3 feet of snow that could paralyze the Northeast for days. Snow was coating cars and EXLOGLQJXSRQVLGHZDONVDQG URDGZD\V LQ 1HZ <RUN &LW\ by evening, and light snow was falling in Boston. Fore- casters said the storm would build into a blizzard, and the brunt of it would hit late Mon- day and into Tuesday. 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The Department of Hu- man Services would spend the money in three areas, agency director Erinn Kel- ley-Siel said in a recent in- terview. People who receive cash through TANF are sup- SRVHG WR VHDUFK IRU ZRUN RU participate in other activities that will help them become PRUH VHOIVXI¿FLHQW '+6 would use some of the mon- ey in the governor’s propos- al to invest in more support services, such as childcare and mental health services, to help people who receive TANF get ready to re-enter WKH ZRUNIRUFH 7KH QXPEHU of TANF cases in Oregon nearly doubled during the re- FHVVLRQ DQG ODZPDNHUV KDG to decide how to respond. The Legislature cut spend- ing on services that helped families transition to self suf- ¿FLHQF\ LQ DQ HIIRUW WR SUR- vide cash assistance to more By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber and Democratic ODZPDNHUVZDQWWRVSHQG million over the next bienni- XP WR WDFNOH SUREOHPV ZLWK the state’s welfare program. Shortcomings in the pro- gram have undermined the VWDWH¶VDELOLW\WRJHWSHRSOHEDFN WRZRUNDFFRUGLQJWRDQ$SULO 2014 performance audit by WKH 6HFUHWDU\ RI 6WDWH¶V RI¿FH that is the basis for Kitzhaber’s spending proposal. Auditors found that the state lagged behind other states in helping aid recipi- ents become more self-suf- ¿FLHQW DFFRUGLQJ WR VHY- eral federal performance measures, and the problem LQFUHDVHG DIWHU ODZPDNHUV cut spending on support ser- vices during the recession. )RUH[DPSOH2UHJRQUDQNHG lowest in the nation in the last federal comparison in 2010 with approximately 8 percent of welfare recipients ZKR ZRUNHG RU SDUWLFLSDWHG LQ³ZRUNUHODWHGDFWLYLWLHV´ As the economy rebound- ed in the last two years, the number of Oregon house- holds that receive cash pay- PHQWV NQRZQ DV 7HPSRUDU\ Assistance to Needy Fami- lies, or TANF, has declined by approximately 5,300, IURP D SHDN FDVHORDG RI 36,140 in 2012. The state ZRXOGOLNHO\HQGXSVSHQGLQJ needy families. “Oregon’s service cuts for clients with addictions or mental and physical health EDUULHUV WR ZRUN KDYH DOVR made it harder to reduce cas- HV´WKHDXGLWRUVZURWH Kelley-Siel said in order to be successful, Oregonians in the TANF program often need more than the cash as- sistance and job training they currently receive. ³:KDW ZH NQRZ LV LI D family’s in crisis or they’re not housed, or they’re not able WR JHW ZRUN HWF HWF WDNLQJ a training course to ultimate- ly become employed isn’t as good an investment as it could be if we were able to provide some support additionally to a IDPLO\´.HOOH\6LHOVDLG Another TANF reform in the spending plan would smooth the transition for fam- LOLHV WKDW ¿QG ZRUN VR WKH\ can earn more money before they lose the cash payments. At the time of the audit, Oregon stopped payments when a single parent with two children earned $617 a month, much lower than Cal- ifornia at $1,387 and Wash- ington at $954. “In our case reviews, we IRXQG FOLHQWV TXLFNO\ ORVLQJ their entire TANF payment after entering minimum-wage, SDUWWLPHMREV´DXGLWRUVZURWH In one case, the mother of a four-month-old baby was NLFNHG RXW RI WKH SURJUDP EHFDXVHVKHZRUNHGWZRSDUW Didn’t receive your paper?&DOO EHIRUHSP7XHVGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\ RUEHIRUHDP6DWXUGD\ for same-day redelivery — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211 2I¿FHKRXUV0RQGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\DPWRSP &ORVHGPDMRUKROLGD\V SUBSCRIPTION RATES /RFDOKRPHGHOLYHU\ 6DYLQJVRIIFRYHUSULFH (=3D\ SHUPRQWK SHUFHQW 2QH\HDU SHUFHQW PRQWKV SHUFHQW PRQWKV SHUFHQW ZHHNV SHUFHQW (=3D\ RQH\HDUUDWHZLWKDPRQWKO\FUHGLWRUGHELWFDUGFKHFNFKDUJH www.eastoregonian.com To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255 or go online to www.eastoregonian.com and click on ‘Subscribe’ (DVW2UHJRQLDQ(USPS 164-980)LVSXEOLVKHGGDLO\H[FHSW6XQGD\0RQGD\ DQG'HFE\WKH(20HGLD*URXS6(%\HUV$YH3HQGOHWRQ25 3HULRGLFDOVSRVWDJHSDLGDW3HQGOHWRQ25Postmaster:VHQGDGGUHVVFKDQJHVWR (DVW2UHJRQLDQ6(%\HUV$YH3HQGOHWRQ25 TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Mild with clouds and sun Mostly cloudy and mild Intervals of clouds and sunshine 52° 40° 51° 37° SATURDAY Partly sunny Sun and areas of high clouds PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 45° 34° 46° 33° 45° 34° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 52° 38° 53° 37° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 38° 32° 43° 28° 67° (1934) -18° (1957) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 0.00" 0.72" 1.21" 0.72" 0.38" 1.21" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH Yesterday Normals Records LOW 39° 37° 43° 29° 67° (2003) -31° (1957) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 0.00" 0.44" 1.08" 0.44" 0.27" 1.08" SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today Full Last Feb 3 Feb 11 7:23 a.m. 4:54 p.m. 11:25 a.m. 12:52 a.m. New First Feb 18 47° 32° 47° 33° Seattle 54/45 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 47° 34° Feb 25 Spokane Wenatchee 45/33 44/33 Tacoma Moses 55/42 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 46/32 51/38 53/39 53/41 52/34 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 52/45 49/41 Lewiston 50/35 Astoria 54/40 54/42 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 53/44 Pendleton 49/33 The Dalles 52/38 52/40 57/41 La Grande Salem 50/36 57/45 Albany Corvallis 55/45 55/45 John Day 51/31 Ontario Eugene Bend 41/33 57/42 55/32 Caldwell Burns 43/32 48/29 Medford 57/38 Klamath Falls 53/31 REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern Washington: Variable cloudiness today; dense fog in the morning. Areas of fog late tonight. Cascades: Mild today with times of clouds and sun. Partly cloudy tonight. Mainly cloudy tomorrow. Northern California: Mostly cloudy today. A snow shower in the interior mountains; cooler in central parts. PORTLAND (AP) — Oregon has nowhere to go but up when it releases the graduation rate for the class of 2014 on Thursday. A U.S. Department of Education report shows Oregon’s 69 percent graduation rate for the class of 2013 was worst among the 49 states able to calculate their rates in the way required by the federal government. State education RI¿FLDOVDFNQRZOHGJH rates are too low. But WKH\VD\GH¿QLWLRQVDQG requirements aren’t identical from state to state, so comparisons should be made with caution. The Oregonian reports the state is expanding WKHGH¿QLWLRQRIZKRLVD high school graduate to be more inclusive, beginning with the class of 2014. 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Lo 20 61 37 35 40 20 37 35 19 62 33 W pc pc pc r s pc r s s r sn WINDS (in mph) Today Wednesday Boardman Pendleton W 3-6 W 4-8 NNE 3-6 NW 3-6 UV INDEX TODAY 0 To submit engagements, weddings and anniversaries: HPDLOUVWUXWKHUV#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRPRUYLVLWZZZHDVWRUHJRQLDQ FRPFRPPXQLW\DQQRXQFHPHQWV Real Estate Advertising: Jodi Snook MVQRRN#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP Astoria Baker City Bend Brookings Burns Enterprise Eugene Heppner Hermiston John Day Klamath Falls La Grande Meacham Medford Newport North Bend Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Redmond Salem Spokane Ukiah Vancouver Walla Walla Yakima 1 1 EUGENE (AP) — An open house is scheduled Thursday for the new $84 million state psychiatric hospital at Junction City. The Register-Guard UHSRUWVWKH¿UVWSDWLHQWV are expected in March. It eventually will serve up to 174 patients with a staff of 330 employees. The Junction City hospital will serve patients in the southern Willamette Valley and southern Oregon, while the Oregon State Hospital in Salem remains the main state hospital for people who have been civilly committed or who have pleaded guilty except for insanity. ——— Briefs are compiled from staff and wire reports, and press releases. ADVERTISING Advertising Director: Jennine Perkinson MSHUNLQVRQ#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP Today Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: A little rain across the north today; times of clouds and sun elsewhere. Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly cloudy today; a passing shower in the south in the afternoon. Western Washington: Mostly cloudy today. A little rain; arriving in the afternoon across the south. diplomas were considered completers, not graduates, in 2013. That will change Thursday. REGIONAL CITIES Forecast FRIDAY Oregon had worst 2013 high school graduation rate ClassiÀed Advertising: FODVVL¿HGV#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP Single copy price: 7XHVGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\6DWXUGD\ Copyright © 2014, EO Media Group BRIEFLY time jobs, as a hotel house- NHHSHU DQG D FRIIHH VKRS VHUYHU /DZPDNHUV KDYH QRW \HWVSHFL¿HGKRZWKH\ZRXOG change the program cut-off. Kelley-Siel described the third area targeted for spend- ing as a broad initiative to UHWUDLQ '+6 FDVHZRUNHUV and develop an “accountable 7$1)SURJUDP´ State auditors found that even before recessionary bud- get cuts, case managers often did not contact welfare recipi- ents for months or even more than a year. 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