MlCIUeI T. BmDett
CIIpitIIl News Service
LANSING - MOlt employ­
able adults on elfare in
Michigan are UDemp � be­
cause they can't afford to work,
.said Michigan League for
Human Senices .
A Ho of Rcpreae_._ .... _ ..
bill . tryiag to make it af-
fordable by targeting health
care, tr portati· and cbild
care costs.
Because mo t JDinimum
jot. do n offer . '
uraece, m lfare recipients
y 00' lfare rather than be-
come emp eyed and lose 1-
fare cover . d Bill
.,
Fair� senior planning re- .
searc con ult at for the
ichigan •
"The reason people y on
welfare is generally not because
they arc lazy, but beca the
C tI
potlight on
. .
Black History
ASHINOTO D.C.-Ymal -
cal year 1988 bu t dcciai
made ,month tty Co
and the ,PreUdeDt iacludcd a
ro. of cub ill programs
for the poor, accordiDa to an
aoaIYliS· • ued by the
Center OIl Bu and Policy
�
Th� auJysia by the iIlde� .
pendcilt, 0 Ceoter
that total fiIca1 year 1988 .
propri do for low iDcom� , .
prop' other than enli e..'
IDCIlt programs are S7SO lIl·iIIic1· �
r than the Deeded 'to
maintain year's beocfit aad
.'
;25
z
a
h
service leve .
These reductio will result
in cutbac in progr that
help poor houaeho ds pay heat­
ing billa, that distribute funds to .
charitable orgutZatioDJ for .
emergency food and she er for
the d that provide
.bOUsma USlIItalDCe for low iD­
come elderly and handicapped
people, accordiDa to the Center.
tea. .
Appropriations for the e
proarams total $62.8 billion in
fiscal year 1981, b . t will equal
only $38.1 billion this fisW year.
After djustiog for inflation, this
represents a reduction of 54�­
cent, the Center found
-nus cat ory of programs,
which provides health, educa­
lion, bo' job . traioiag and
other services for low income
families, childreu and elderly .
people, hal been in halfaince
the beginn;,. of this decade,·
said Center Director Robert
r