The plan also calls for incremental caseload reductions, culminating in 2007 with a limit of no more than 25 children per worker.

But the caseload reductions are most surprising in Milwaukee, the nation's 17th-largest city.

Giuliani certainly has reason to argue that he has no place on the rolls; if ever there was a case for caseload reduction, Lester is it.

A third is a program of bureaucratic incentives that measures caseload reductions and threatens lagging offices with a loss of money.

While caseload reduction may save the city and state governments money in the short term, it does too little to combat poverty.

In Milwaukee, where the caseload reduction has been most dramatic, the city has not yet enforced time limits.

Poverty reduction, not caseload reduction, should be the only benchmark for any kind of welfare reform.

With the economy alone driving much of the caseload reduction, even a do-little system can look good.

He required county governments to meet specified goals, including caseload reduction, or face bids from private contractors.

Under the settlement, the state must meet predetermined benchmarks for improvement in areas including caseload reduction and hiring.