Healey v. Commissioner of Public Welfare

The plaintiffs are recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) who need child care in order to participate in education or training programs approved by the Department of Public Welfare (department), in connection with its “MassJOBS” program. The plaintiffs commenced an action in the Superior Court to challenge the validity of the department’s limitation of child care for AFDC recipients, who, like the plaintiffs, are in a department-approved education or training program but whose individual employment or training plan was not approved by the department before September 4,…