Lives Changed

Personal Stories

"I hated being on AFDC. It was nasty, and I never want to go back."
Michelle Bitter

"I got sanctioned, now I'm being kicked out. That's what W-2 did for me."
Mary Mayo

"People would confront my parents: 'Oh your daughter's on welfare.' Now it's different."
Leilani Duarte

"My oldest daughter used to look at me, 'you're not paying child support, you're a bad dad.'"
Mike Peterson

Interviews


"It's building on strength, building self-confidence, giving people a good feeling about themselves."
Jean Rogers, Department of Workforce Development


"If you sit there and blame the victim for being poor, uneducated, alcoholic, drug-ridden, violent, or abused, it's not going to work."
Mikki Patterson, Career Expectations Center


"This is the untold story of W-2...dead-end low-paying jobs."
Phil Wylato, A Job is a Right Campaign


"W-2 is a killer. W-2 is slaughtering the poor single-mother community."
Pat Gowans, Welfare Warriors