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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 12 > State welfare programs give cash to the working poor

State welfare programs give cash to the working poor

By Rachel L. Swarns / The Bulletin
May 12, 2008

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — For years, state welfare offices like the one here alongside Interstate 30 have drawn the unemployed. But these days, the red-brick building is also attracting poor, working parents with an unexpected offer: $204 a month in cash.

Shelly Thomas, a stockroom clerk and....

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