ison, 19, and a senior in high school like ent through somewhat the same problem. •Y is a year and a half old girl also. never stopped going to school even while I I knew that if I did, I wouldn't go explained Allison . 'When you have a child e that you help support, that is an added •e to do well in school. I'm in the upper . of my class. I'm also taking some night at the University." got pregnant when I was sixteen. It was typical, like any high school girl gone bad thing. The father split for California and four months pregnant and with no place to ad left home but I soon went back. ~gnant.
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ison lived with her parents until Annie was They gave me .a choice between abortion, n or letting the child live with them," said "I am totally against killing an unborn d I didn't want any strange people to have y. That baby was something that I helped ven if it was an accident . So Annie lives parents." ntually, she plans to get a job and take ack to live with her. Right now, she works ! and pays for some of the expenses. son too does not live at home . She lives ne neighbors about a mile out of the city. s a small amount of rent and helps do the >rk on her days off.
ing ADC many unwed mothers it is quite difficult n to support their children on their own. · example, found it necessary to go to the Office to obtain ADC, Aid to Dependent
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; explained this type of support as a check of $124 for the first child. After st child you receive an additional $35 for Id. ::; is available to unwed mothers, divorced ted mothers and to those who are unable ·e child support. One can remain on ADC unless she gets married, or she begins to 1 higher income. Kris stayed with ADC for Jnths, until she released her child to her . care. Her mother then went on ADC. Jrding to Kris ADC is not difficult to )imply go to the Welfare Office and tell u would like some aid and they normally it to you, after they check to see that you supporting anyone else, such as a man, money. Kris explained that, "you have to > them about every three months to give ist of all your expenses. They also like to the children are getting enough to eat." 1 they are not allowed to increase the of the monthly check, they will supply plements. n asked if she had any hassles with ADC ied, "The only trouble I had was with ny checks. But that was only because I ve I.D. The office simply sent a slip that I me." She also said that sometimes, but ely, there was a mix-up in check-mailing. es she got someone else's check or did not 1t all. "But on the whole, they run a really I operation."
Junior Barb Williams S• how great "in" fashic really can be when : bought her culotte skirt Gadabout.
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