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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 22 > Hit hard by recession, the region will get more aid workers

Hit hard by recession, the region will get more aid workers

By Nick Budnick / The Bulletin
January 22, 2009

SALEM — State caseworkers who help the needy are so swamped with new applicants that officials in Salem are rolling out a new word to describe the situation.

“We’re calling it an emergency,” said Lauri Stewart, a spokeswoman for the state Department of....

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