In Hard Times, Welfare Cases Drop In Some States

http://www.npr.org/2011/08/19/139767284/in-hard-times-welfare-cases-drop-in-some-states



Monday marks 15 years since President Clinton signed an overhaul of the nation's welfare system into law. The president said the measure wasn't perfect, but provided a historic opportunity to fix a system that didn't work.

In bad economic times, it was also supposed to provide a safety net. A new study finds, however, that in the past few years that hasn't always been the case.