31.   For six decades, state welfare departments focused on getting checks to people on time and for the proper amount.

32.   For starters, he eliminated the state welfare program for childless adults, throwing thousands into homeless shelters.

33.   House Republicans said on Monday that the bill would also require state welfare officials to provide the federal government with information to help identify illegal immigrants.

34.   In California, which has the largest immigrant population in the nation, the legislature and the governor are still wrangling over a state welfare plan.

35.   In other states, such as California, where immigrants receive state welfare benefits, counties work on helping legal immigrants find jobs.

36.   Instead, state welfare officials have ordered recipients to apply for safety-net funds in person, suggesting that those who do not pass muster will be penalized.

37.   Lockheed is bidding to administer state welfare programs under the new federal reforms.

38.   Many experts worry that changes to state welfare programs will further limit access to financial assistance for low-income individuals.

39.   Many state welfare directors, Carlson-Thies said, are too overwhelmed with the changing system to pay much attention to charitable choice.

40.   Now the old welfare entitlement has been replaced with open-ended block grants, so federal officials do less micromanaging of state welfare policies.