Hill said that the study's estimate of the number of welfare cases was significantly lower than data collected by state welfare officials.
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Of the 102 counties in Illinois, four others _ Cumberland, Hardin, Putnam and Washington _ had no welfare cases in July.
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In Colorado, the number of welfare cases fell by 71 percent while the state's poverty rate increase by . 1 percent.
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In Ohio, welfare cases dropped by 57 percent while its poverty rate increased by . 5 percent, according to the RESULTS study.
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In September, welfare cases grew by 2, 100, the highest monthly increase since the welfare agency started keeping records in 1973.
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But officials at the city welfare agency said a mechanism to review all welfare cases would be in place by the end of the year.
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The Wyoming Department of Family Services says the Northern Arapaho on the reservation account for 18.9 percent of all welfare cases in Wyoming.
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In Adams County just north of Denver, juvenile-court Judge Chris Melonakis estimates 40 percent of his child-welfare cases involve methamphetamine.
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In Georgia, where unemployment is only about 4 percent, welfare cases plunged nearly 28 percent between mid-1994 and the end of 1996.
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Among managers and participants, there is, though, a rising concern that the economic downturn might turn these success stories back into welfare cases.
