21.   A bipartisan group of Senators lobby President Clinton to declare an emergency and release more money under a federal home heating assistance program.

22.   A look at the impact federal cuts to the heating assistance program have had on poor and elderly households in Maine.

23.   According to Greg Aiello, a league spokesman, the NFL adopted a family assistance program two years ago under its NFL Player Programs umbrella.

24.   According to those who favored federal control of assistance programs, Mississippi officials wanted to keep their tax dollars more than their impoverished citizens.

25.   Advocates for people with AIDS say that at the very least, the federal government and most states must chip in more for the drug assistance programs.

26.   After working with families who receive assistance from local food pantries and government assistance programs, Nutra-Net has turned its efforts to disadvantaged children.

27.   But first, Hunter is making sure Smith stays in the National Basketball Players Association after-care players assistance program.

28.   But in New York state, which has the most comprehensive drug assistance program in the nation, everyone is covered for the new AIDS drugs.

29.   But he said the big drug companies have discussed coordinating patient assistance programs, which offer free drugs to many low-income people.

30.   But many overlook other benefits, like flexible spending accounts, transportation reimbursement and even adoption assistance programs.