NUMB:
970135
VERS:
ORIGINAL
REF:
XXBY:
ALD. HINES, GORDON, PRATT, JOHNSON-ODOM, BUTLER AND RICHARDS
TITL:
Resolution urging the continuation of the fair hearing process into the full implementation of the W-2 program.
ANLS:
- Analysis -
This resolution urges the Governor, State Legislature and Department of Workforce Development to continue and maintain the fair hearing process, as it currently exists under AFDC, into the full implementation of the W-2 program.
BODY:
Whereas, Federal and Wisconsin welfare reforms are underway, affecting thousands of households and children in the City of Milwaukee; and
Whereas, Enabled by a federal waiver, the State of Wisconsin designed welfare reform initiatives to be phased-in prior to the full implementation of W-2 which is set for September, 1997; and
Whereas, The reform initiatives, Pay for Performance (PFP) and Self Sufficiency First (SSF) were initiated on March 1, 1996, along with a mandate for counties to reduce AFDC caseloads by 15-25%; and
Whereas, Under the current Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, when a person is dissatisfied with a county or tribal agency's action on his or her request for or amount of benefits, an agreement is often reached through an adjustment of explanation of the program's limits by the agency, and if no agreement is reached, the individual may request an administrative review by the Department of Health and Social Services through the fair hearing process; and
Whereas, Pay for Performance seeks to encourage people on welfare to become self-sufficient by pursuing employment as an alternative to welfare dependency, and persons who receive the new Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), which replaces AFDC, are assigned to activities by one of these state's JOBS contractors; and
Whereas, Under terms of Pay for Performance, every participant is required to meet mandatory monthly work hours in order to receive a...
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