[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For whatever relevance it might have, and irrespective of the NY AFDC statutes, as a former welfare worker for the NYC welfare department, I can say that the clear understanding between workers and clients was that the use of the money is limited. But there was no formal mechanism of enforcing this understanding. In my experience, any "enforcement" depended on the relationship between the worker and his or her client.
Bobby
Interesting. I take it there was an unofficial list of prohibited items? Some things spring immediately to mind; illicit drugs, alcohol, porn, gambling? This makes a certain amount of sense.
In Washington state many years ago, a welfare mother received a scratch ticket as a gift. It paid off less than a $1K, if I recall. The funds were deducted from her next welfare check.
She planned on using the funds to buy clothes and shoes for her kids.
Talk about the state making it hard to get off welfare.
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