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Legislation Needed To Improve Program for Reducing Erroneous Welfare Payments

HRD-76-164 Published: Aug 01, 1977. Publicly Released: Aug 01, 1977.
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Some financial incentive is needed to assure that States continue to seek appropriate corrective actions to the high number of erroneous payments made to recipients of aid-to-families-with-dependent-children.

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