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Welfare rolls in Texas show first decline in AFDC in years
Texas AFDC caseload drops from 447,967 to 446,412 in a month marking the first decline since July 1969. Welfare officials credit tighter eligibility, training, and expanded day care, along with a massive recertification effort and new documentation rules. 130 of 205 suspected fraud cases sent to prosecutors.
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Austin
Texas
State Department of Public Welfare
Raymond W. Vowell
AFDC
Highway Department
Lady Bird Johnson
Milton C. Campbell
Balls
Cullen Luttrell
Sonora
Herbert H. Smith
Rusk
Melvin E. Bayless
LaGrange
Rumaldo Rivera
Falfurrias
Bronte
Pauline Bell
B. A. Bell
Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson State Park
Stonewall