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Commissioner Park discusses challenges of work requirements for benefits
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Commissioner Park explains the complexities and challenges associated with implementing work requirements for benefits like SNAP. She emphasizes that successful workforce development requires significant thought and resources to support low-income individuals effectively.
- Illustration of challenges using the example of a single parent without a high school diploma
- Mention of existing career support programs for cash assistance recipients
- Emphasis on the need for substantial support systems to make work requirements successful
Molly Wasow Park
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As we talked about in our testimony, DSS really does believe in workforce development and helping low income households access economic opportunity.
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But to do that responsibly and to do it in a way that actually is successful in helping people grow economically takes a lot of thought and a
Stephanie Mansfield
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lot of
Molly Wasow Park
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resources, and really involves putting significant supports around low income people.
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So I ask you all to put yourselves in the shoes of a single parent without a high school diploma with an eight year old who under the congressional plan would now have to work for SNAP benefits.
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What job is out there?
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How does that person actually successfully get to employment?
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Just there are tools that we have.
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As I mentioned in the testimony, we have very robust and very successful career support programs that are based around the work requirements that already exist for cash assistance.
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By way of context, we spend about $51,000,000 a year on our career services programs for cash assistance.