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To: Bill who wrote (421704)	4/13/2011 4:46:03 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793841

>Statistics reveal that most welfare is temporary I seem to remember a study that suggested the opposite, that most of the money goes to multi-generational recipients. Both could be true, if most of recipients were temporary but most of the money went to to the minority of permanent recipients.

To: Bill who wrote (421704)	4/13/2011 4:57:58 PM
From: Katelew	Respond to of 793841

I'm not meaning to imply that there isn't a significant number of folks who get into the welfare system and try to stay as long as possible without doing everything they could to help themselves. If memory serves, one critical factor was the age at which the need for welfare was triggered. Those who go into the system and stay a long time are typically young women with an out-of-wedlock baby. Those who are transitory in their use of the system are typically older. As for the length of time for the first group, though, keep in mind that the welfare reform act in 1996 tried to limit the duration to 2-3 years. And didn't it limit the number of children to two? No benefits to a third out-of-wedlock pregnancy.