Welfare job program to start in May in California
The California welfare work experiment aims to place 4300 AFDC recipients into community service jobs in May with 4400 projected in the first two months. Recipients will train and work for state and county governments, with later work for non profits. private industry is barred early on. The plan covers 38,000 recipients across 33 counties and 56 task types, requiring up to 80 hours of work monthly to keep welfare benefits. Local officials, enthusiastic, expect Alameda Fresno Kern Madera Orange San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara to begin soon.
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NTO
UPI
California
Reagan
AFDC
Red Cross
Robert B. Carleson
Huma Resources Development Department
Richard Malcolm
Carleson
Alameda
Fresno
Kern
Madera
Orange
San Luis Obispo
Santa Barbara
Rank
California study urges turning off lights to save energy
A seven page report to the California Legislature from the General Services Department finds substantial savings by lighting curtailments. It says turning lights off for extended periods can cut costs by about 50 percent when lamps run twelve hours daily versus twenty four, and notes energy and bulb replacement factors. Assemblyman John Burton prompted the study after noting lights left on at night in state offices.
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California
General Services Department
John Burton
San Francisco
Robinson
Food stamp rule challenged as harming poor in court
A U S District Court challenge to a USDA regulation denies food stamps to households with unrelated members living together. Center on Social Welfare Policy and Law says the rule hits migrants and the poorest of the poor who share housing. Plaintiffs include five household types from five regions, with cases citing privacy and equal protection rights.
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Washington
U.S. District Court
Center On Social Welfare Policy and Law
New York City
Department of Agriculture
Earl Butz
USDA
Agriculture Department
Department
David Lee Henry
Kernersville
N.C
Welfare reforms loosen work rules after pay dispute
Edith Stone and Ben Straughter allege they were forced into county work projects for eight days and carfare payments while denied welfare, prompting county welfare officials to issue new interpretations. The reform now prevents placing someone on a job before welfare approval, a 90 day process, and separates county projects from state and federal programs.
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Edith Stone
Los Angeles County
Ben Straughter
Usc-County Medical Center
Miss Stone
Straughter
Western Center On Law and Poverty
County Welfare Department
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ST. Louis
Lutheran Hospital
Third District
Gary Tucker
Mr Miller
Long Beach
Goldfield
Lad
Garden Grove
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Compton
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