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Capital News Service WASHINGTON - The number of "hardship" families who continue to collect welfare after they have passed the federal government's 60-month limit for cash assistance has increased since the first group missed the Jan. 1 deadline. But the increase has slowed, in part due to an aggressive Baltimore program to remove obstacles -- such as lack of child care, limited education and domestic violence -- that keep long-term aid recipients from moving from welfare to work.
Source: Maryland Department of Human Resources
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