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State Cuts Hit Women and Children Hardest

By Charlie Deitz

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Massachusetts – The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center released a report this week showing that cuts to state funded services have disproportionately impacted women and children. Our Berkshire Bureau Chief Charlie Deitz reports that cuts to support services had been going on for a decade, and were only made worse by the current recession