A study done last year by the Los Angeles schools clearly shows that areas with high concentrations of very lowincome people from either of these racial backgrounds did not reveal AFDC caseloads in proportion with other types of population. That is apparently because in those communities there is a stigma against going on welfare and a feeling that friends. neighbors. and relatives will help out. In certain areas it may also be because of the presence of illegal aliens who wish to conceal their status. AFDC is also a program that is biased against rural areas. Testimony before our committee by officials of the Social Rehabilitation Service at HEW confirms the fact that people in rural areas are more reluctant to accept public assistance.
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