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CDF-Minnesota highlights the need for asset limit reform in public work support programs in a recent issue brief entitled Asset Limit Reform: Removing Barriers to Promote Self-Sufficiency.

CDF–Minnesota will celebrate its 18th annual Beat the Odds banquet on March 12 to honor local high school seniors who have overcome tremendous obstacles and achieved personal and academic success.  We need to remove these odds for our children.

Nearly two-thirds of Governor Pawlenty's proposed $1.2 billion deficit reduction plan comes from Health and Human Services—half from hoped-for (but not yet guaranteed) federal funds and half from cuts in programs and services. Many of those cuts will impact children and their families.

Having spent a good deal of my career as a staffer at the Capitol, I have a pretty good idea of the difficult choices frequently forced on legislators.