Welfare Recipients Voice Pain and Hopes in Listening Project
The American Friends Service Committee interview series in West Virginia reveals children as the hardest hit by welfare cuts, with two thirds of beneficiaries being youths. Recipients describe transportation barriers, low wage jobs, and a need for respect, education access, and flexible work options as reforms are urged.
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American Friends Service Committee
West Virginia
Economic Justice Project
Congress
Rick Wilson
Ripley
Wilson
Census workers seek volunteers for door to door outreach
Census workers will go door to door or mail forms this year. Oakes stresses quick completion in about 15 minutes with names spouses and children and current addresses. Part time and full time census jobs are available with testing in Tazewell County and nearby areas this month.
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Oakes
Tazewell County
Bluefield
Clearfork
Tazewell County Public Library
Bethel United Methodist Church
Russell Street
Tazewell
Welfare reform act reshapes aid into TANF program
The 1996 federal law titled the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act ends guaranteed cash assistance and replaces it with TANF. It imposes a 60 month benefit limit and requires states to design their own welfare programs. West Virginia implemented WV WORKS in 1997 starting with nine counties to replace the old assistance system.
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Congress
West Virginia
Clintons plan to live in Chappaqua after office
The Clintons plan to reside in Chappaqua after he leaves office in January 2001. Protests occurred outside their vacant home in September over East Timor policy, and officials restricted media access with new fencing and a guard booth planned for the property. Giuliani and Pataki commented on the upcoming Senate race and the theme of newcomers. Next: how one single mother makes ends meet under West Virginia welfare work programs JOIN, Community Work Experience, and Employer Incentive.
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Chappaqua
Andrews Air Force Base
White House
Shepardstown
W.va
Clintons
U.S
East Timor
Secret Service
Chappaqua Bureau
Presidential Detail
New York City
Rudolph
Giuliani
Clinton
New York
Arkansas
George Pataki
Albany
Hope
West Virginia
Department of Health and Human Resources
Obituaries continued from A-2 chapel services and burials
Obituary notices list multiple funeral services across West Virginia towns. Roy Edward Harvey at Givens Funeral Home with burial at Birchlawn Burial Park. Kenneth Wayne Hopkins at Lerena United Methodist Church with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. Leo C. Palmer at Bennett-Widener Funeral Home Northfork with 1 p.m. service. Luther Shrader at Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Bluewell with burial at Mountain Valley Memorial Park Big Rock. Jonah Stiltner service at Bull Creek Old Regula Baptist Church Harman with burial at Mountain Valley Memorial Park Big Rock. Albert Wells service at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. Margaret Winfrey at George W Seaver Funeral Home Princeton with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton.
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Fanning
Saeger
Riffe
Short Ridge
Atwell
Roy Edward Harvey
Givens Funeral Home
Birchlawn
Kenneth Wayne Hopkins
Lerena United Methodist Church
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Leo C. Palmer
Bennett-Widener
Northfork
Luther “Willard” Shrader
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Jonah Stiltner
Bull Creek Old Regula Baptist Church
Harman
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Big Rock
Grundy Funeral Home
Grundy
Albert A
Bunk” Wells
Memorial Funeral
Margaret Lucille Winfrey
George W. Seaver
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Virginia Community College
Richlands
Mercer County
Rudolph Jennings
U.S. Bureau of Census
Jennings
IRS
Jkharris.com
Wall Street Journal
JK Harris & Company
W. Virginia
Milliken, Silks & Persians
Milliken
Lee Highway
Abingdon
Virginia
SUN
Unday
Rocky
Mountain Mountain Creek
DEER
A&stags
Ei Soo Ey
BOOTS
Mercer Mall
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