A brief update today about welfare reform. The Boston Globe reported recently that while the national poverty rate has decreased by 2.2% since reform was instituted in 1996, the Massachusetts rate has held steady at 10%. And for those making more than the poverty line of $17,600 for a family of three, 25% of families in Massachusetts have hovered at approximately $35,000 for the same size family — meager earnings indeed.
For more on this issue, check out the great work of the Home for Little Wanderers and the Crittenton Women’s Union.
