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Receiving government-funded social services should not come with a badge of shame, and people should not have to jump through hoops in order to get and keep them. Especially since social services are designed to improve the well-being of people, families, and communities. In this latest episode of the Moving Up Together podcast, we speak with San Antonio, Texas, mom Christina Gonzalez, and Boston, Massachusetts City Councilwoman Julia Mejia. Listen to them detail their less than ideal experiences to receive social services and hear them explain why they believe it is past time for America to make system changes and policy overhauls in order to satisfy some of its residents’ most basic needs.

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