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Assistance for poor, disabled residents set to decline again

By Gary T. Kubota

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 19, 2013

~~<p>The safety net for more than 5,500 poor and disabled Hawaii residents is becoming frayed.</p>
<p>The state said that beginning Feb. 1, its monthly general assistance will be reduced to $298 from $319 per person for 5,537 temporarily disabled people with little or no income.</p>
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The safety net for more than 5,500 poor and disabled Hawaii residents is becoming frayed.

The state said that beginning Feb. 1, its monthly general assistance will be reduced to $298 from $319 per person for 5,537 temporarily disabled people with little or no income. Login for more...



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