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TO; BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: JAMES A. RYDINGSWORD, DIRECTOR Contra
Social Service Department
Costa
DATE: December 3 , 1987 County
SUBJECT: SUPPORT OF ADOPTION OF HR 1720 - THE FAMILY WELFARE REFORM ACT
OF 1987
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
That the Board of Supervisors go on record as supporting the
adoption of HR 1720 - "The Family Welfare Reform Act of 1987" .
Further, that the Board authorize the Chair to send a letter
to Congressman George Miller advising him of the Board' s
support for HR 1720, and outlining the importance of HR 1720
to Contra Costa County both in implementing the GAIN Program
and in providing needed assistance to AFDC families to reduce
dependency on government and to obtain gainful employment.
BACKGROUND:
HR 1720 - "The Families Welfare Reform Act of 1987"
establishes a National Education, Training, and Work Program
(NET-WORK) which will provide $5. 2 billion Federal monies to
States for support of AFDC families on activities including
1) high school, remedial skills, and job training education;
2) job search; and, 3 ) job placement. Additionally, HR 1720
allows increases in child care costs from $160/month per child
to $200/month per child under 2 years old and to $175/month
per child over 2 years old.
In California, 21 counties have implemented the GAIN Program
and 15 counties have administered to clients the Basic
Literacy and Math tests. These counties have found that
between 50% to 66% of the AFDC-GAIN clients require. remedial
education.
Contra Costa County will implement GAIN beginning in March,
1988 with 5500 AFDC clients enrolled under the GAIN program.
Training programs are anticipated to be, given the data from
other Counties, a major critical need for the majority of our
clients.
Programs which sustain a family during training and job
search/placements activities are important in assisting Contra
Costa County with our efforts to help our families attain
self-sufficiency.
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMEN TI OF ARD C MMITTEE
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ACTION OF BOARD ONAPPROVED AS RECOMMENDED
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS .
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AYES: NOES. AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN' OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Count- Admiais— ator ATTESTED _ DEC Q`� 1987
Social Services PHIL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
M382/7-83 By DEPUTY