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Strains in the Safety Net
Social-service groups face growing demand and a drop in support
It was early April last year when Marta B. Peláez began to see a sudden increase in the number of women and children seeking help from the battered-women's shelter she oversees in San Antonio.
At first, says Ms. Peláez, "we thought it was an out-of-season peak."
But...