Instead, we ought to give them a chance to become independent, full participating citizens, not part of the welfare population.

The welfare population is no more monolithic than any other.

The welfare population brought a defeatist attitude: What's the use of trying?

The education gap may also be contributing to racial shifts in the welfare population.

The long-term recipients make up the largest share of the welfare population and cost taxpayers the most money.

The law requires states to enroll 20 percent of their eligible welfare population in job training or education programs by 1995.

And it cut a little more deeply into the welfare population, increasing people's earnings by $658 in the second year of the program alone.

Mandatory programs designed to meet new Federal work requirements would affect a larger share of the welfare population.

Sometime soon, the city's welfare population is likely to surpass one million for the first time in 15 years.

And most states will meet the more important work standards, which apply to their entire welfare populations.