Illustration 1
Client: I got no place to stay and no job.
Worker: Homelessness and unemployment does no make you eligible for welfare. You have to have a DPW [Department of Welfare] physical filled out. If a doctor puts on it that you can work...
Client: Meanwhile what am i supposed to do? I got no job and no place to stay.
Worker: Doesn't matter. Homelessness doesn't make you eligible. Unemployment doesn't make you eligible. Have to have a medical. If you can work ... Why, what's wrong with you?
Worker: Diabetics can work.