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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 08171993 - 1.35 r VO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra J F FROM: Costa PERFECTO VILLARREAL o ,.. s Co DIRECTOR, SOCIAL SERVICES County DATE: cOr'r cr August 5, 1993 A CO0�� SUBJECT: SUPPORT FOR GAIN LEGISLATION - AB 1279 SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors to send letters to local state legislators urging them to introduce an amendment to AB 1279 to include Contra Costa County as a participant in the GAIN plan put forth in the bill. BACKGROUND INFORMATION The Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) is a program which provides education, training and job skills for AFDC recipients with the goal of assisting them to achieve self-sufficiency through employment. GAIN has been operational in the County since May, 1988. One of the persistent problems which has served to reduce the program's effectiveness is the state's requirement of limiting services to specific "target groups. " This has resulted in preferential enrollment of long term welfare recipients. With few exceptions, most AFDC recipients cannot enroll in GAIN until they have been on aid for three years. This policy has resulted in our having to deny services to recently unemployed people because they have not been on AFDC long enough. These people are typically highly motivated to get back into the labor market as soon as possible. They need GAIN services to help them resume work and avoid becoming long term welfare recipients. At the same time the state requires us to serve the long term welfare recipient (who is, in general, more difficult to serve and less likely to become employed in the short term) the state expects high rates of job placements and welfare s ings The state has recently put counties on notice that futu GAI all cat' ns will CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE: ��4 RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATUREM:: ( J�-C �-i�iC�� /64 ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SU ERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: Social Services Department ATTESTED AUG 17 1993 County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR M382 (10/88) BY DEPUTY be tied to job placement rates. This puts the County in a "double bind. " Having to serve almost exclusively long term welfare recipients results in lower job placement rates which, in turn, threatens to reduce GAIN funding for the County in the future. Seeking a solution to this dilemma, we recently the asked the state to allow us to serve 20% non-target individuals in our GAIN caseload. To date, we have not received a formal reply from the State Department of Social Services. However, AB 1279 introduced by Assemblyperson Marguerite Archie-Hudson of Los Angeles County is an even better solution than the one we proposed. AB 1279 proposes that Los Angeles County be allowed to serve up to 45% non-target individuals in its GAIN program. We are recommending that AB 1279 be amended incorporating Contra Costa County's name into this legislation. By doing so, Contra Costa County along with Los Angeles County, would be able to serve 45% non-targeted individuals in its GAIN Program. FISCAL IMPACT This recommendation has no impact on the County budget as the numbers served in the GAIN program will not be increased and a change in the makeup of the target groups served would have no bearing on program costs. However, as explained above, the acceptance of more short term welfare recipients in the GAIN program should improve performance levels with respect to job entries/welfare savings. This, in turn, should result in higher funding allocations to the county from the state in the future. AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 13, 1993 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AJ�Riz 28, 1993 CALIFonN2A L'.GISUTURE. 1M-4 11EGULl4R SFSMON ASSEMBLY BUL ' 1279 CIntroduced by' Assembly Member ArcW-Hxifton . :. .. : . . • ..,:Marcchi.3• L993 � = :. .:,`�•.�":�.i:;r:.- �" 3:. . . An act to 'irriend Sectio i '11322 4 .of••,the Welfaire and Institutions'Made,relating to public assistance, and declaring the urgency"thereof,•to Mice effect imi i6iliately. _ LEGISLATIVE COili M-*S]DIGEST .AB 1279, as. amended, :Archie-Hudson. GAIN: service Priorities. Under the Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) program, administered by counties pursuant to regulations " established-by the State Departanment of Social Services, and funded in part by the federal government, counties are required to provide services to eligible recipients of, or. applicants for,aid under the Aid to l~arailies with Dependent Children (.AFDC) program in a specified order of priority. This bill would authorize e� t de the County of LosAnggeles, ifit does not have sufficient funding to fully fund their its GAIN lye.pr+Qgzim, to spend up to 45% of - 6teir its GAIN allocation, -upon a determination by the C. department that federal financial participation would not be a eopariized, on.gmwified. categoriesotherwise-eligible AFDC..recipients mho express a dire to participate.: - k�: _ .b�vq�vuld sealare that.lt:is to take effect immediately:. -AS-•ann i Vote.: Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. 97 ear Nil gT _ �� 3 _ � �3� �--�1 Sa Q ' 'oo �'i��'' � cw � ~ o�' �x►' ��' �C° ��i��' ao io� c� wi 1_� ocoos -ac� cst �. wc.� �-. � C;1 nnm . C cr2f VS CO DW] � Xv Cpr v Z., -� F_— + Cz t -- (L �D so CH#� C`"4. 'J � D >. ~ a • rL��. D '-1 y Q � O )v(v DQ M Pa rA p r - m + �+:Q bray, �'+ ►Y �7 Fy (U �T. 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SLKV—LI"IF-LUYNLN 1 I-'KUUNI-41 + 51U —�,16 Izi eU NU.!14 WU 5 A$ 1.279 —4E-'-- i {O} Wiese �ielgs all; toe : 2 (2) The county shall, to the extent feasible, allocate a 3 share of the funding proportionate to the caseload among 4 the three categorises described in paragraph (1). 5 (3) Except as prohibited by federal lav, no client 6 pardolpating pursuant to this subdiv&on shall be subject � 7 to sanctions, prior to being orally advised by county , 8 . CAIN staff regarding participation requirements in the 9 program. : .. 10 SEC. .2. Due to unique facts and circumst aces 11 applicable to the GAIN program in the County of Los 12 Angeles the LegidlatureFmds and declares thata general 13. statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of 14 Section 16-of AntWe IV of the California Constitution. 15 Special legislation is, therefore, necessarily applicable to 16 only the County of Los Angeles ' 17 SEC 3. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the 18 immediate preservation pf the public peace, health, or 19 safety within the meaning of Article 1'V' of the 20 Constitution and shall go into immediate effect.The facts 21 constituting the necessity are: 22 In order that esmties the County ofLas Angeles may 23 plan for the provision of. needed services under the 24 Greater Avenues for Independence program in light of 25 projected funding shortfalls at the earliest possible time, 26 it is necessary that this act take effect immediately. a gi 140