1.   And the number of people in the program is expected to soar when federal workfare requirements go into effect.

2.   But with the new workfare requirements, welfare recipients may bump the working poor further down the waiting lists.

3.   Giuliani strongly supports the most important elements of the welfare law, including its workfare requirements and its cutoff of most public assistance after five years.

4.   New York state officials said they planned to comply with the workfare requirements, based in part on the workfare program already begun by the city.

5.   The mayor actually supports the most important elements of the welfare law, including its workfare requirements and its cutoff of most aid after five years.

6.   The young man had apparently grown distraught, his relatives said, in part because he believed that his workfare requirements prevented him from attending English classes.

7.   Thousands of recipients are cut from the rolls each month for failing to meet strict workfare requirements, according to city data.

8.   Under current state policy, welfare recipients lose their benefits if they fail to meet workfare requirements.

9.   Under the old system, disabled mothers were exempt from workfare requirements unless a city doctor certified that they could work.