According to a recent survey of 800 businesses with fewer than 50 employees, some 68% of small businesses in Ottawa County do not provide health insurance to some or all of their employees. The most common reason for not offering health insurance, cited by 42% of employers, was the cost of premiums. The survey was…
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The number of households receiving food assistance in Michigan grew steadily from 2006 to 2008
America’s Second Harvest network provided emergency food aid for an estimated 1,083,100 different people in Michigan in 2005. Approximately 165,700 different people in Michigan received emergency food assistance in any given week.
After increasing 145% from January 2000 to January 2009, the Michigan food assistance caseload continued to increase through May 2009, with a total of 718,277 cases. The table below shows the number of food assistance cases per county.