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De-Vonte Dace, 11, watches television in his grandmother's south Kansas City, Mo. home while his brother, Malik, 6, looks out the front door on the children's spring break from school this week. Hazel Ward, their grandmother, has raised her two grandchildren since birth and would be directly affected by proposed Missouri state budget cuts by Gov.Matt Blunt. Ward receives $136 a month for caring for Malik and state social security disability for De-Vonte's medical problems. The subsidy for Malik would be eliminated.
De-Vonte Dace, 11, watches television in his grandmother's south Kansas City, Mo. home while his brother, Malik, 6, looks out the front door on the children's spring break from school this week. Hazel Ward, their grandmother, has raised her two grandchildren since birth and would be directly affected by proposed Missouri state budget cuts by Gov.Matt Blunt. Ward receives $136 a month for caring for Malik and state social security disability for De-Vonte's medical problems. The subsidy for Malik would be eliminated.
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