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General News: Welfare Cases on the Rise
Nov. 7, 2008 - Kaitlyn Szmidt, 18, and her boyfriend, John Thompson Jr., 20, holding their son John Thompson III, visit the Department of Social Services in Newburgh, NY. As the number of welfare cases continues to rise in Orange County, NY, the couple, from Walden, NY, attempts to get public assistance to pay the rent and avoid eviction. For the Times Herald-Record/Ryan Meehan
