West Virginia's program, WV Works , is designed to help get people off public assistance and into employment. This article appeared in the Dominion Post Newspaper on November 10, 1997. Return to the listing of articles of November 10, 1997. The advent of new welfare policies has led to empty shelves at area food pantries, social service officials say. When members of the Food and Hunger Committee learned this at their meeting Tuesday, they quickly organized an emergency food drive for downtown on Saturday.
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Now we're out completely. He said a church group delivered more food Tuesday morning, but it wouldn't even last 24 hours. Pantry workers say welfare reform is the cause. New policies that took effect July 1 cost many their food stamps. Schlameuss said he's heard this repeatedly from people coming to Christian Help.