SPRINGFIELD â The state is no longer charging interest on late child support payments that are made through the Department of Healthcare and Family Services unless itâs ordered by a court, and all of the outstanding interest charges that those parents owed have been zeroed out.
A spokesman for the agency said in an email that the total accrued interest penalties that were eliminated amounted to just over $2.7 billion.
DHFS made that announcement Monday, saying those interest charges fell disproportionately on low-income families and people of color.
âThis is a prime example of how an equity lens can be used to advance the financial well-being of our customers,â DHFS Director Theresa Eagleson said in a statement. âThere really was no reason that families served by our department should be penalized with a 9% interest rate when families who can afford to be served through private child support arrangements arenât automatically charged interest on their
But, some Penn State students are straying away from fast fashion and moving into sustainable fashion.
Sustainable fashion is clothing that holds a longer life span, with quality that can last multiple years rather than multiple wears. Itâs also more eco-friendly overall.
A huge part of sustainable fashion, as student Emily Margolis pointed out, is knowing and understanding where your clothes are coming from.
âTo me, fashion sustainability means â just at the bare minimum â [educating] yourself,â Margolis (senior-marketing) said. âYou can not be sustainable if you donât care or know about the companies you re buying from or care about the impact you re making.â
Unemployment claims in Maryland have increased greatly since the start of the pandemic, and more than half filed since January were found to be fraudulent.
The Maryland Department of Labor has flagged 65% of all unemployment claims since January 2021 alone for fraud, and of that percentage, 87% were actually fraudulent. We did not have the luxury of planning and preparing for a global pandemic that resulted in an 800% increase in our claim volume essentially overnight, Maryland Secretary of Labor Tiffany Robinson said at a Board of Public Works meeting Capital News Service attended Feb. 24.
The state s Department of Labor was unprepared for the exponential increase in claims due to the pandemic, as they became understaffed and also had to deal with hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent claims, according to Robinson.
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