Word: relief
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Food Stamps. In California, whose refugee population of 27,351 is the highest in the nation, more than 9,000 are receiving full unemployment aid; another 8,900 are getting other forms of relief ranging from medical care to food stamps. In Oregon, 1,400 out of 2,000 refugees are on welfare. More than 40% of those who have managed to find jobs are earning less than $2,500 a year, and nearly 70% are earning less than $5,000. Says Richard Friedman, regional director of HEW for six Midwestern states: "Within a year or so, I expect...
...status in the General Assembly last year but had never been included in Security Council proceedings before, were to be invited to participate in this debate, scheduled to begin on Jan. 12. The mandate renewal, which was to expire four hours before the agreement was reached, was accepted with relief by all parties...
...proposed changes, which now await approval from the Faculty Council and Dean Rosovsky, would affect both present and future concentrators. Basically, they aim to provide relief to an honors program which is presently facing a financial squeeze...
...Stampede. Last week all 338,000 welfare check recipients were mailed new eligibility forms; they must return satisfactory answers within ten days or face elimination from the rolls. Similarly, a state report last week urged that welfare benefits be reduced because an average family of four on relief gets - in cash, rent subsidies, Medicaid, food stamps and other benefits - nearly as much as an average working family of four. As programs and benefits are reduced, the underprivileged - largely blacks and Hispanic Americans - may choose to move to areas where it costs less to live. Thus, while minorities will continue...
Whatever the reasons, housing administrators are breathing sighs of relief about the increase in leaves. For the first time in a long time, administrators can give every student that wanted housing space a room. And when they finished there were 12 beds to spare...