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...issues from drugs to family planning. It arranged special tutoring for Joshua, who is in second grade, and even located a Cub Scout troop for him. Randy could earn "shelter money" to buy necessities, while 80% of his $490 a month from Aid to Families with Dependent Children (afdc) check was set aside by the Gramercy staff to build up some savings so he can move out and start paying rent on his own place. That will happen within two weeks, when he will return to his Glendale job and expects to train as a forklift operator. "I feel...
...provide an essential transition from current media debate to the of government for instance, she criticizes family courts' refusal to enforce child support laws. The Family Support Act of 1988 tries to reform the father's negligence by training fathers of children on Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) so they could gain employment, but funding is low, and even this act refuses to acknowledge that husbands refuse to pay out of spite...
Facts reveal that funds for the AFDC have consistently declined while wages have consistently gone down and eligibility for AFDC has tightened. In other words, Kurz points out that the growth in divorce rates and the increase in female-headed families have not been addressed adequately by social reforms...
...statistics cited by Bosley, Chandler, Wilson and others include a 1988 study of New York residents who were AFDC-dependent when they entered college. Results of the study showed that 89 percent had jobs a few years after graduating from college, and 87 percent no longer received welfare. The Howard Samuels state Management and Policy center at the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York conducted the study...
Ultimately, the decision on whether enrollment in post-secondary school degree program will entitle AFDC recipients to an exemption from Governor Weld's two-year limit will rest with the Massachusetts State Senate...