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(AP) - State officials say budget constraints are behind plans to cut cash payments to low-income disabled New Mexicans by about a third, beginning in July.
Average monthly benefits will drop to $170 -- down from the current average payment of $266 a month. General assistance mainly goes to adults with temporary disabilities unable to work and to those with long-term disabilities while they apply for federally financed Supplemental Security Income.
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