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Organizing Resources (Case Studies) Low Income Directory > Database > Organizational Profiles Suggested Reading Civic Engagement LINC newsletter archive Support our work with a tax deductable donation: LINC is a project of the National Center for Law and Economic Justice.		The dozen women profiled here are survivors of inept parents, failed relationships, domestic violence, abandonment, poverty... An authoritative woman with an assertive gait, Greer Boyd is the coordinator for the parents' programs. In the early 1970s, at age 20, Debra Einstein, a parent of a toddler, landed in Boulder, Colorado.  She spent three years on the welfare rolls there.	Kids on Their Hips  Books on Their Backs  Hope in Their Hearts  . . .In just three years, the number of CUNY students on welfare—most of them mothers—has dropped to less than 10,000, down from 28,000. . . Students on Welfare   A dozen profiles plus related news stories.	Professor Martin Gilen accuses the media of racially stereotyping blacks as lazy, unmotivated welfare recipients. CUNY welfare moms are in a bind: The demand for quality, affordable child care exceeds availability.   Click here for a list of books you must read if you want to begin knowing more about welfare.
A special report     By Hunter College  Film & Media students in cooperation with Welfare Rights Initiative

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