The organization is assessing shelter, food, clothing and other needs.

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When their parents die, families disintegrate and meeting basic needs such as food, shelter, clothing, and education become extremely hard.

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The debate is now more clearly between two competing visions for social safety nets ensuring that essential needs for food, clothing, housing and health care are satisfied, and which vision is better both for those served by these programs, and the taxpayers.

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Immediate needs such as food, clothing for the children, gas and household products are given first priority over paying full price for clothing.

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