1.   This is only about one-quarter of the low-income families eligible for federal housing assistance.

2.   And despite financial problems, many eligible families were not receiving food stamps, Medicaid or state-assisted child care.

3.   And tougher welfare laws have driven some eligible families from the food stamp and Medicaid rolls, as critics feared.

4.   All the new law does, he said, is reduce red tape that had discouraged eligible families from getting much-needed health coverage for their youngsters.

5.   Fannie Mae invests directly in multifamily housing projects and uses bond programs to enable eligible families to buy homes with below-market interest rates.

6.   Food stamps and cash benefits are federal entitlements for every eligible family.

7.   If anything, the new welfare laws may have made matters worse, by inadvertently driving some eligible families off Medicaid rolls.

8.   It would not only impose a five-year cutoff but also end the basic guarantee of cash assistance for eligible poor families.

9.   Progresa identifies eligible families from interviews conducted mostly in rural towns and villages.

10.   The bags were stacked on the ground and issued to eligible families.