Summary of Saenz v. Roe and the Impact on Welfare Reciepients

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…below poverty level, simply because the state from which they arrived has a lower cost of living, that will lead to more dependence on public programs, and more problems for the families involved. The theory behind the new federal program, PRWORA, was "a hand up, not a hand-out." For that to work, states like California must provide at least a minimum level of benefits, and not one based upon the cost of living in Mississippi.