When Congress passed the new welfare reform laws in 1996, requiring welfare recipients to work for certain benefits, Susan Garten knew it was only a matter of time before such changes would directly affect clients at Greater Hartford Legal Assistance.
“It was a new world for our clients,” Garten, the managing attorney at GHLA, said. “Suddenly these families, most of them who are single parents, had to figure out a way to get into the work force.”
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