"Thus, cases involving the poor will become welfare cases instead of legal cases which require long legal proceedings, " she said.
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Did you know there is a provision in the Contract With America that would require the states to establish paternity in 90 percent of their welfare cases?
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The report also found a slight decline in the number of child welfare cases that ended in death, to 71 in 1996 from 78 in 1995.
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The statewide computer system, which handles all welfare cases, mistakenly terminated Medicaid coverage for single adults on welfare who failed to comply with work requirements.
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Cumberland County, in east central Illinois, had 143 welfare cases in September 1994 and has not had any in eight of the last 12 months.
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But in a state where the number of welfare cases has declined by 45 percent, the required work participation rate is slashed by 45 percentage points.
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Feeney, a Republican, has called for passage of a new law making it a felony for anyone to falsify reports related to child welfare cases.
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State records show that for months before Rilya's disappearance, the department had come under criticism and scrutiny for its handling of child welfare cases.
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As of last year, state financing for child welfare cases allowed the agency to reduce its average caseloads to 35 from 38, according state officials.
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Since April, he said, 1, 699 welfare cases were closed as a result of cooperation with other states, saving New York $ 8 million.
