Next a look at waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal Welfare Program temporary assistance for needy families. It provides cash assistance and other services to lowincome families with a focus on getting recipients back to work. Though it is suddenly find it is executed by the states. The house ways and means a subcommittee hearing is about two hours. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Welcome to our subcommittee hearing. For the working welfare subcommittee. Where is all aware for money going from reclaiming tanf not assistance dollars to lift americans out of poverty. My name is downloaded and arrives in illinois 16th district of illinois. Much of central and northwest parts of the state. Recently republicans were able to secure a major victory with the fiscal responsibility act, which strengthen, which strengthen work requirements in the direct cash assistance portion of the temporary assistance for needy families program. Those changes followed our hearing
Families with a focus on getting recipients back to work. Though it is suddenly find it is executed by the states. The house ways and means a subcommittee hearing is about two hours. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to committee will come to order. I will make to welcome everyone today. The welfare subcommittee. The title is where is all the welfare money going, lifting americans out of poverty. My name is daren millard. Covering northwest parts of the state. Recently, republicans were able to secure a major victory with the fiscal responsibility act which strengthens work requirements and the direct cash assistance portion of the temporary assistance for needy families program. Those hearings are in march, i live in the polls in the current law that a lot of states gain work Participation Rate. This hearing will take the next step by focusing on the other side of tanner, which is not Assistance Spending. None assistance funding constitutes the majority of the grant. N
Yeah. Okay. Good afternoon. This meeting will come to order. Welcome to the april 2024 regular meeting of the land use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Im supervisor mariana melgar, chair of the committee. Joined by vice chair dean preston, the Committee Clerk today is john carroll, and i would also like to acknowledge Jeanette Engel from safeguard tv, mr. Clark, do you have any announcements . Yes. Thank you. Please ensure that youve silenced your cell phones and other Electronic Devices you brought with you to the chamber today. If you have Public Comment on any of todays sorry if you have Public Comment on todays singular agenda item, when your item of interest comes up and Public Comment is called, please line up to speak along the western wall of this room. You may submit your written Public Comment by emailing me at joanne period. Crowell at sf gov. Org or you may send your written Public Comment to our office in city hall. That is the clerk
And Transportation Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Im supervisor mariana melgar, chair of the committee. Joined by vice chair dean preston, the Committee Clerk today is john carroll, and i would also like to acknowledge Jeanette Engel from safeguard tv, mr. Clark, do you have any announcements . Yes. Thank you. Please ensure that youve silenced your cell phones and other Electronic Devices you brought with you to the chamber today. If you have Public Comment on any of todays sorry if you have Public Comment on todays singular agenda item, when your item of interest comes up and Public Comment is called, please line up to speak along the western wall of this room. You may submit your written Public Comment by emailing me at joanne period. Crowell at sf gov. Org or you may send your written Public Comment to our office in city hall. That is the clerks office, room 244. City halls address is one. Doctor Carlton B Goodlett place, San Francisco, california 94102. Items
Get back to the heart of who we really are. You had a question in. Yes. Well take some questions. Congressman ryan was talking about there is a microphone there. Congressman ryan was talking about emphasizing what succeeds and what fails. I would argue that the problem with facing the Poverty Program is a failure to reduce poverty. They have an enormous political success. And that the politics of American Cities are based on failure at this point, on failed programs. And so to talk about what we need to do is talk to the country about what succeeds and what fails. That will fail because for many just a true story, America Works is a company in new york theyre in milwaukee also. Yes, milwaukee, baltimore, and peter cove, one of the people who founded America Works, i was talking to a nonprofit new york and they she said, the people at the nonprofit, i dont understand something. Youve given x amount dollars and ive given you y number of people placed in jobs. Much better than youve ever