Tag: Welfare Reform

Virginia Voices: Kay Coles James

“When George Allen believes in something, he doesn’t stop working until it becomes a reality,” said Kay Coles James, a wife, mother, grandmother and former Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources

This Day in Virginia History – February 25, 1995

Virginia Passes Historic Welfare Reform – February 25th, 1995 Welfare Reform was one of the signature issues of George Allen’s 1993 campaign.  And in the second year of his Administration, after accomplishing his first initiative of Parole Reform, Virginia passed historic welfare reform: Governor Allen applauded the passage of his initiative saying “Today we have …

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