HEALEY v. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WELFARE


414 Mass. 18 (1992)

605 N.E.2d 279

LISA HEALEY & others vs. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WELFARE (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas H. Wilkins, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant.

Deborah Harris for the plaintiffs.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.


GREANEY, J.

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...

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