With JOB competitiveness at an all-time high for job applicants, even college graduates; by implementing the maximum 60 months (5 years) of benefits within one's lifetime does a disservice to those families in need. The previous Reform did not take account of the economy, with unemployment at record numbers and employes downsizing or implementing a freeze on hiring.
Measures such as Coordination between the U.S. Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services to produce adequate Job training, skills, or experience that would help families raise their living standards by working more and at higher wages with similar programs such as the Peace Corp or Job Corp.
We the assigned, ask Congress of State and Governmental level to re-evaluate the Refrom of the Welfare Act to focus more on the individuals and families in need of service and assistance, rather than reducing caseload.
Why is this important?
The reform of AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children), which later became known as TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), is approaching Two decades and the outcome and statistics illustrates the cycle of poverty remains, or worsen. The primary basis to the Welfare Reform in 1996 was to get individuals off of governmental assistance through low-wage, part-time employment; not aimed at reducing poverty.
