News & Observer Index, 1926-1992

Public Welfare

State welfare, Medicaid fines upheld - Fe 4 83 1
Judge chastises state for late welfare payments - Mr 3 83 12C
Food giveaways taxing staffs, say welfare agencies - Ap 11 83 4C
Aid applicants compensated for slowness - Ap 12 83 10A
'Working poor' prefer jobs to return to welfare, study says - Ap 29 83 1
Court upholds fines slapped on (welfare) agency - My 7 83 3C
Social service agencies press for administration funds - Jn 6 83 9A
Counties brace for food stamp rule - Jn 16 83 1C
N. C. halves rate of errors in handling of aid - Jy 20 83 5C
State's appeal to avoid welfare fines fails - Oc 4 83 2C
Welfare clients' suit challenges N. C. Medicaid rules - Oc 23 83 38A
Food stamp probe ends in indictments (Fayetteville) - Oc 26 83 2C
N. C. working to stop welfare fraud, Morrow says - Oc 26 83 2C
After 20 years of food stamps, hunger remains in N. C. - No 28 83 1

Public Welfare

Thousands seeking aid for first time; Lines growing at welfare offices - Fe 12 92, 1
Editorial: Year of the safety net - Fe 15 92, 16A
Suit over handling of aid is settled after 17 years - Fe 21 92, 8B
the new faces of need; More seeking help just to get by - Fe 23 92, 1
Wave of welfare applicants crashes onto caseworkers - Jn 4 92, 1
Decision may change food stamp procedures - Jy 16 92, 5B
Court ruling assures food stamp benefits - Au 22 92, 5B
Biggest increase in food stamps (Map) - Au 31 92, 6A

Public Welfare

Under the dome: Diverting welfare through firms studied - Ja 19 86 1
Workfare spread may accelerate - Fe 21 86 1D
Politics of hunger: Food aid to poor - Fe 23 86 1D
Low food stamp usage in Beaufort County examined - Mr 2 86 31A
'Workfare' of little benefit to participants, critics say - My 24 86 13A
Welfare backed for healthy, married couples - Jy 5 86 2C
Repayments ordered for mothers whose welfare benefits were cut - Jy 8 86 1C
Welfare alternative has mixed result (Guilford County) - Jy 8 86 2C
New lure off welfare proposed - No 19 86 1C
Panel urges using $47 million rebate for weatherizing homes of needy - De 11 86 16B
State joins campaign to promote food stamp applications - De 24 86 14C

Public Welfare

Transitional housing effort aims at Raleigh's working poor - Ja 12 89 1T
Services to poor cripple independence, speaker (McKnight) says - Ja 20 89 20C
Editorial: Unprotected in the 'gap' - Fe 20 89 10A
Parents cope with daily life, dream of children's future - Mr 26 89 1
Hospital spending on indigent care (Chart) - Mr 27 89 1
Study says for-profit hospitals lag in indigent care (Chart) - Mr 27 89 1
N.C. poor spend too much on energy, group reports - Jn 1 89 3C
Banking difficult for poor; Minimum deposits, fees price many out of accounts - Jy 16 89 1
Editorial: Not banking on the poor - Jy 21 89 16A

Public Welfare

Editorial: - No 'straps' for working poor - Ja 1 90 14A
Health-care legislation is targeted; Consumer group lobbies for bills - Jn 21 90 3B
Day-labor system provides quick bucks, few benefits - Jy 8 90 1
Raleigh Federal sets up panel on minority, low-income service - Jy 12 90 7C
Tar Heel editors speak: - Schools show poor kids can do well - No 18 90 7J
Triangle residents join to feed hungry on holiday - No 22 90 5B
Economy, laws spark rises in help for poor - No 23 90 4B
More poor in western N.C. seeking aid - De 25 90 4B

Public Welfare

Leaders tackle solutions to rural poverty - Ja 23 90 4B
Summit forges agenda on rural poverty - Ja 24 90 4B
The Price of Poverty: Barriers keep food stamps out of hands of needy - Fe 5 90 1
Illiteracy can exact a heavy toll, both in dollars and in self-respect - Fe 18 90 1C
More families join ranks of homeless; Life in shelters takes high emotional toll - Fe 25 90 1
The Price of Poverty: Hard times, insecurity dwell in Graham County - Mr 4 90 1
The Price of Poverty: State's uninsured 'working poor' pay huge price in pain, suffering - Mr 12 90 1
The Price of Poverty: Edgecombe is battling to save its babies - Ap 1 90 1
North Carolina wages and jobs - My 3 90 6C
Friday links illiteracy to poverty in state - My 25 90 5B
Editorial: Poor women lose - again - My 26 90 14A
N.C. cuts 10,000 in WIC; Women, children hit by food price rises - My 30 90 1
Lack of indoor plumbing still a fact of life in N.C. - Jn 2 90 1B
Editorial: North Carolina's false face - Jn 8 90 16A
Charity tackling poverty; (Z. Smith Reynolds) Foundation offers grants to counties - Jn 29 90 4B
A sick society slashes its safety net - Se 9 90 7J
Poverty in Wake pervasive, on rise, health expert warns - Oc 18 90 5B

Public Welfare

Lack of transit linked to Eastern N.C. poverty - Ja 5 89 1
Feasibility of Eastern N.C. poverty goals assessed - Ja 6 89 4C
Is GOP prepared to make N.C.'s face kinder? - Ja 27 89 12A
Poor people live in a world that has no place for them - Fe 14 89 1C
Some state employees make less than federal poverty level - Mr 26 89 11A
Some workers just getting by despite state pay raises - Au 19 89 2C
Editorial: Employed and in poverty - Au 26 89 18A
Southern states err by not including poor in planning, governors are told - Se 18 89 1C
Editorial: Investing in the poor - Se 19 89 10A
Ensnared in a web of poverty; State's poor often must pay more because they have less - No 12 89 1
Pockets of poverty in N.C. (Map) - No 12 89 1
Bills, low wages keep working poor down - No 26 89 29A
Catholics set grants to help poor in N.C. - No 28 89 3C
Poverty in Orange to be topic of forum - No 28 89 2C
Poverty stricken residents, others pay high price when rent is due - De 3 89 1
High price of day care costing many of state's poor their jobs - De 14 89 1B
The Price of Poverty: Working poor can't afford advancement - De 27 89 1

Public Welfare

N.C. areas likened to Third World; Economic, educational disparity cited in report - Ma 28 88 3C
Editorial: Working poor ignored - Jn 7 88 12A
Minimum wage is weak tool against poverty - Au 10 88 11A
Job picture has second side; Poverty, low wages persist despite drop in unemployment - Au 16 88 1D
Editorial: Ending cycle of poverty - Se 29 88 14A
Elderly woman (Edwards) dies from cold (Durham) - De 15 88 3C
Rural economy falls further behind, study says (Map) - De 18 88 1
Rich-poor division is N. Carolina's challenge - De 23 88 18A

Public Welfare

N.C. included in report urging more aid for poor - Ja 14 88 3C
Loan aid sought for fishermen - Ja 29 88 WA-1
Red tide relief fund will be formed in N.C. - Fe 3 88 2C
Cary panel to recommend cab-fare subsidy plan - Fe 10 88 2C
Interest in food giveaways dwindles as surpluses fall - Ap 7 88 7T
Senate welfare bill gets mixed reviews; State social services, officials, congressmen split on major
revision - Jn 19 88 29A
Tar Heel editors speak: Government welfare programs aggravate the poverty problem - Jn 26 88 7D
Critics say N.C. workfare not reducing dependency - Jy 4 88 2C
Invest in teaching welfare recipients to read - Jy 12 88 11A
Drought aid to skip East N.C. - Jy 27 88 10B
Officials ask county (social service departments) to keep food distribution program - Au 27 88 8D
Operation Foodlift helps elderly, poor; Farmers donate bushels of unsold produce - Au 29 88 8D
Group calls on state to aid poor children - Au 30 88 3C
System may discourage poor from seeking aid - Se 5 88 1
Editorial: Red tape, empty stomachs - Se 9 88 12A
Why Senator Moynihan looks worried - Se 15 88 15A
Martin asked to supply funds for AIDS drug - Se 21 88 8D
$3.34 billion welfare bill offers improved job training program - Se 28 88 1C
Senate backs welfare overhaul, 96-1; Helms stands alone in opposition; bill focuses on training,
education - Se 30 88 9A
Helms says welfare bill insufficient - Oc 1 88 3A
Wake Relief provides food for families - Oc 6 88 11T
Welfare system deters poor from seeking help - Oc 11 88 11A

Public Welfare

Poor children face higher death risk - My 4 91 1
Wake children beset by poverty, neglect, advocacy group says - Jy 24 91 1B
Dropouts link poverty cycle; Students from the projects find little hope at school - Au 11 91 1
7 counties to share five grants; Reynolds program aims to ease poverty - No 21 91 5B
More are dying too poor to pay for own burials No 30 91 1B

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