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With food stamp backlog resolved, focus turns to future of DSS
- By Joe Killian
- Mar 31, 2014
- Mar 31, 2014 Updated Mar 31, 2014
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"This was extremely embarrassing ... very humiliating, but we will not be here again," Director of Social Services for Guilford County Robert Williams said during a news conference Friday about the county's backlog for Food and Nutrition Services benefits.
JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ/News & Record
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GREENSBORO — Even as Guilford County worked through its backlog of food stamp recertifications Monday and narrowly avoided costing the state $88 million in federal aid, Department of Social Services Director Robert Williams resigned, leaving lingering questions about how his department amassed an 8,100-client backlog in the first place.
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Correction
Willams did not receive a severance package. Earlier versions of this story were incorrect.
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"This was extremely embarrassing ... very humiliating, but we will not be here again," Director of Social Services for Guilford County Robert Williams said during a news conference Friday about the county's backlog for Food and Nutrition Services benefits.
- JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ/News & Record
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