All services are free to the clients because tax dollars foot the bill. Almost every town in America has an office for this agency. In fact, there are about 83,000 of these offices. The offices are required to be opened during the fall, winter, and spring. In the summer almost all services are suspended.
Offices are closed weekends.
There is an odd competition among the offices. Even though most of the clients do not have a steady income, and most of the people working in the offices think the clients should work only during the summer, more and more offices are providing banking services to the older clients. Many of the clients come to the office hungry so the service providers feed them. Most of the unfed clients are younger and are not able to take care of themselves. They come from families with low incomes.