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Public Interest

Apr. 15, 2000

Welfare Slake

FORUM California's surplus of federal welfare money offers a great opportunity to create local incentive programs that strike at the root causes of poverty. Page 6

By Minouche Kandel and Ariella Hyman
        After more than two years of welfare reform, California has a problem that most of us would envy. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 15 percent of the state's federal welfare block grant remains unspent, leaving a surplus $1.6 billion in the state's welfare coffers. While the state should save some of this money for...

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