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The current government social safety net that was built for a growing economy has stretched to its breaking point. While Congress has acknowledged the dire circumstances working and middle-class families now face, little attention has been paid to those on the brink of the economic precipice: poor families facing the expiration of government assistance, with no jobs on the horizon and all avenues for help closing off.

By By Irasema Garza March 3, 2009