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CAB. CTY. SOC. SERU. TO ?@8~820 P.01 <br /> <br />ICA RUSC <br /> <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />lotto Witherspoon, Co,_a~ Mmutger <br />Jim Cook, $odal Services Dh-ector <br />3-27-95 <br />Cabm'tts Wort~re Proposal <br /> <br /> I am w~ :ti,~g to request !;,~ on the agenda for the April 3 Board o£Commi.~ioners <br />meeting for the purpose ot~ 1) pLrn~itt~g members of our DSS staff to provide a brief <br />overview of a proposed workfaze program which they have developed and which we are <br />seeking to ir?lement in Cabarms County, 2) seon'ing the support of the Board for <br />in?lea~tation of the proposed progr~m in Cabarrus County, 3) requesting tl~at the Board <br />ask the Governor to secur~ specific Federal waivers and aa.v necessary State enabl~g <br />legishtion required to petu~t us to establi~ this progrnm in Caban'us Coma-y, and 4) <br />asking that the Board segk the assistance of our State and Fedora1 legislators as <br />appropriate in fa~litating this proce~ <br /> <br /> Our staffhas bad a deep co ...... h..~nt to improving haman sffvic, e programs, their <br />effidency, the outcomes they produce, and the help they provide to people in need. They <br />have developed several highly successful cost-saving measures. They have also developed <br />a weWare reform project which essentinl~y transforms the existing AFDC and Food <br />Stemp programs into a work opportunities program. <br /> <br /> Our nation is stru~l~g to m~ke needed changes in the welf~e system. We feel <br />that the proposed program is unique and could serve as a demonstration project for <br />other communities. It is broader, more comprehensive, and makes better use of <br />existing financial resources than is the ease with some other current woridare and <br />welfare reform proposals. We believe i~ is ~ortant that we move ahead in <br />implementing progrnmt which can serve thi~ function. <br /> <br /> The proposal is descn~oed in detail in the attached program overview. Briefly, we <br />are seeltln~ to implement a workfare program for Cabarrus County pubhc <br />assistance recipients. The proposed program would establish a work first strategy <br />under which all able-bodied recipients would be expected to return something of <br />value to the community in exchange for assistance received. It would build on the <br />De~at'tmant's highly succes~fttl ~OBS pro.am extending the expectation of work to <br />virtually an recipients, rather thnn the fraction we can reach under existing requ~,-ems. <br />It would use grant diversion to transforu/AFDC and Food Stamp assistance into a <br />portion of the wages the recipient would earn for worlcinE as a ch/ld day care worker. <br /> <br /> Department of Social ~eryl~es <br />P.O. 8ox~6~ * Conco~, N02802~0668 * (704)786-7141 <br /> <br /> <br />