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Timeline and implementation of work requirements for public assistance recipients
1:55:59
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Council Member Lincoln Restler inquires about the timeline for implementing work requirements for public assistance recipients. Administrator Scott French explains that the rollout will happen in monthly waves starting mid-April and continuing through the end of the year. The goal is to engage almost all of the required populations during this period.
- The first wave will begin in mid-April, with subsequent waves occurring monthly
- The rollout will include both current recipients and new individuals entering the system
- The implementation is designed to be intentional and not overwhelm the system or people
Lincoln Restler
1:55:59
relatedly, I just was wondering if you had any further updates on the timeline for the work requirements to take effect for public assistance recipients.
1:56:08
Do we have any additional updates?
1:56:10
Yes.
Scott French
1:56:12
You know, the rollout will happen in waves.
1:56:14
Not everybody's gonna start at the same time.
1:56:16
The first wave will begin in mid April where a group of people will be
Lincoln Restler
1:56:22
A sense of the scale of that first wave?
Scott French
1:56:24
I can get back to you on that.
1:56:26
You know, they were sort of looking at the the the numbers of those But we are trying to do it intentionally, right, and not overwhelm the system, right, or overwhelm people, right.
1:56:35
This is something we're, you know, restarting after several years of not doing it, so we want to be very thoughtful.
1:56:41
And it's also a combination of individuals currently on the caseload as well as new individuals coming into the system.
1:56:48
So people coming into the system, right, will be automatically put into the process as well as we're now gonna be reengaging with
Diana Ayala
1:56:56
How frequent?
Lincoln Restler
1:56:57
What is the cadence of these waves?
Scott French
1:56:59
They will be monthly through right now the end of the year.
Lincoln Restler
1:57:04
So over the course of about seven, eight months, we'll go from zero to 60?
1:57:10
We'll cover the population of public
Scott French
1:57:12
Most the goal is to have engaged almost all of the populations we need to.
Lincoln Restler
1:57:18
And could you just, if if you would, if you happen to have this on your fingertips, my understanding is that failure to comply with this federal requirement would lead to the city and state losing out on significant federal funds.