For years, James Graham swept floors, stocked shelves and emptied trashcans inside city buildings in exchange for his monthly welfare check. To anyone who wasn’t sure, Graham’s badge explained that he was a workfare participant, not a real employee.
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IN TRANSITION: Job programs for welfare recipients are expected to be scaled back, due to budget woes. That could leave James Graham (center) out of work.
