North Carolina has become the first state to cut off welfare benefits to
poor residents in the wake of the partial federal government shutdown,
ordering a halt to processing November applications until a deal is
reached to end the federal standstill.
More than 20,000 people - most of them children - receive
monthly benefits aimed at helping them buy food and other basic supplies
through North Carolina's welfare program, called Work First, which is
fully funded by the federal government. Recipients must reapply each
month.
The state's Department of Health and Human Services told its
local offices in a letter dated October 10 not to process applications
for November benefits until the federal government reaches a deal to
restore normal operations.
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