Have a younger girl cousin, you better be able to pull it back in. Otherwise you are in a heap of trouble. [laughter] what we have to do as social workers is we have to rally around the families who want to support these kids, both want to want to take them back and the one to are going to receive them and encourage them. We should be leading the charge. We should be encouraging people and providing support to the sounds to are from different ethnic groups sued the site to take an africanamerican child and support them. For the support around them and dont make them feel bad about the decision they have made. You have made the right decision. Particular, many of them need intense Mental Health support. Intense. They have some of the most acute issues of anyone you will find. Right . You have seen like i had seen, these kids find themselves in those situations have the most acute issues and they are the most challenging. They will need support. I thank you sincerely. I really do. 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Find our tv schedule one week in advance at cspan. Org. Know what you think about the programs you are watching. Us. Us or email join the conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. Up next, a House Budget Committee hearing on charitable programs aimed at reducing poverty. This two hour hearing is chaired by paul ryan of wisconsin. The committee will come to order. A number of our members will be here late. I want us to get started. Welcome. Good to see you. This is our fifth hearing on the war on poverty. We have heard from a number of voices, policy experts and officials and today, we are going to hear from people in the middle. Into the private sector who worked with the Public Sector. People who coordinate. We are going to hear from an especially important voice, mrs. Tianna gainesturner. First, i was happy to meet tianna. We got to meet earlier and i am happy to hear her testimony. I will quote from her previous testimony because i think she hit the nail on the head. Poverty is not just one issue that can be solved at one time. It is just not an issue of jobs or food or housing or assistance and safety. It is a people issue and you cannot slice people up into issues. We are whole human beings. Poverty has to do with a whole person who is in a family, a neighborhood. I cannot have said it better myself. That is right. For too long, the federal government has treated people as numbers. That is why im excited to hear from Heather Reynolds. She is doing great work in fort worth. She is putting together a Pilot Project about expanding opportunities for working families. Ms. Reynolds program sees people as whole human beings who deserve time and care and not just a client to usher through the door. And the results speak for themselves. In 2013, 90 percent of the people and the Refugee Program but came selfsufficient within six months. I also want to welcome jennifer tiller. Work first and accountability. America works get paid only if they succeed. I cannot find a better definition of success than their own. They say successful is moving to employment and maintaining a selfsufficient lifestyle. I think we should insist on the same kind of accountability on our federal programs. One last thing. As a previous hearing, some of my colleagues kept asking if they received federal aid as if it would undercut their testimony. The point of these hearings is not just to question whether the federate federal government should help but how it can best help. I hope we can listen and learn from our Witnesses Today. And i want to recognize the Ranking Member. Thank you, mr. Chairman and i want to thank all of the witnesses for being here today. This is our fifth hearing. The question of how we can better address poverty in america. As i have in the past, i want to start on two points of agreement. First, the best antipoverty measurement is a job. A job that pays a living wage and can support individuals and a family. And second, if there are better ways to Channel Resources to get better results in terms of our fight on poverty, we welcome that conversation. And Case Management may be a very successful way of doing that. While it is our fifth hearing, we still have two we still have a huge disconnect. The republican budget that passed out of this committee and house the dramatically cuts funding for programs that help people climb out of poverty. And mr. Chairman, the fact remains that the budget you presented with a cut the areas of the budget that would help provide the kind of Case Management we are talking about. Dramatic cuts of the discretionary part of the budget funded at lower than two times the sequester cuts and deep cuts in programs like food and nutrition. We wanted to have a discussion here about how to better use existing resources to help people climb out of poverty. We welcome that conversation. What we do not welcome is using that conversation as a pretext were means to dramatically cut funding for this program whether medicaid or food and nutrition programs. And as chairman indicated, we have had witnesses who have received important funding. There is no disagreement here that the federal government can play an Important Role in helping people climb out of poverty. But, it is hard to do that at the same time that you have a budget that dramatically cuts funding for the programs. Reform, better use of existing resources to help people and more effective results yes. A conversation that does not answer the question about how cuts on antipoverty programs will advance the goal is a something we will continue to ask about. Finally, as i joined the chairman and welcoming all of the witnesses, i am pleased that ms. Is gainesturner is here. She is the first of five hearings who herself has experienced the struggles of poverty and the effort to climb out. I think your personal testimony is especially important in that regard. As you state in your testimony, one of the keys there is making sure that work pays. When you have a job, you can lose have a job that supports the family. One of the things wouldve been trying to do in the house is at least raise the minimum wage from its current 7. 25 an hour which is lower purchasing power than when harry truman was president. Would like to raise it to 10. 10 an hour which does not provide a living away job at least provide greater opportunities for people taking care of themselves and their families. We are still hoping to have a vote on that and many other issues that support work. We are pleased to have all these Witnesses Today to talk about how we can tackle this important challenge before us. Thank you, mr. Chairman and look forward to the conversation. Thank you. To make sure everyone knows, it is against the law to provide false testimony, we have began a new practice. This does not reflect any guest trust we have in any particular witness. We are taking this step because of guidance. I would like to ask the three of you if you do not mind standing if we can swear in our testimony. Please raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give will be the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Please take your seats. That is a formality we have to engage in now. Heather, why dont we start with you and move this way. Thank you. Chairman ryan and Ranking Member van holland, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you. My name is Heather Reynolds and i am president of Catholic Charities fort worth. Let me get right to my main point. Poverty is complex and often cyclical. Parents have poor children and poor children often become poor parents. The cycle continues unless it is broken. Case management is the critical element in moving someone from government dependency to selfsufficiency. That is why we believe that Case Management has got to be an integral part of the conversation on how we reform our approach to poverty. First, case manager allows us to work with that client and individualized away. Every day in fort worth, texas, we have over 300 people coming to our organization for help. Each individuals poverty looks different but we mainly see three main types. Chronic poverty which results from a combination of factors such as age, disability, or mental illness. People who will need Safety Net Services throughout the course of their life. The second type is situational poverty. Cost of idle divorce, Unexpected Health care expenses and the loss of a job. This type is often the most temporary ad with a quick intervention, families can be put back on track. The third type is generational. People in generational poverty are those what had two or three People Living in poverty. It is passed down from parent to child. It is a mindset of living in the moment and be proactive and setting goals and planning ahead are not in the reference. Understanding is critical for understanding how to combat it. Case manager is most needed for those in situational and generational. Those in generational poverty need a deeper level of Case Management because it requires a mindset change. Second, Case Management allows us to serve in a way that is holistic. In most cases, people come to capital Catholic Charities face complex challenges. The way the federal system is designed, they receive services for all of their needs independently. Case management helps transform intervention from an array of Standalone Services to a comprehensive plan to get families to achieve their fullest potential. If active Case Management is a process in which they work to holistically move a family forward out of poverty permanently. We have a successful federally funded and antipoverty program. Our success of moving individuals from poverty is a high because of Case Management. In 2013, 90 of our clients became selfsufficient within six months. From my experience, many federal programs are not designed for the end goal. How can we set our goal at ending homelessness and count the number shelter beds . How can we count the number of homeless families and achieve it by counting the number . At Catholic Charities, our main partner is the Economic Opportunities at notre dame. Our program aimed at persistent and agreed among low income students. This is achieved through Case Management and emergency financial assistance. A pilot is tracking outcome for randomly assigned to students receiving surfaces in a control group of student. In order to measure the true impact of the services. Academic performance, Educational Attainment and employment and earnings. The results indicated that students receiving Case Management services not only averaged more credit hours and in the Treatment Group but were more likely to persist in their education. Case management was the difference. Theres not a better way to get somebody out of poverty is to help ensure they graduate with a degree that can get them a job that pays them not enough to survive but to thrive. Poor parents have poor kids and more often than not, poor kids become poor parents. The cycle continues unless it is a purposely broken. Case management is the critical item of moving a family out of poverty for good. Thank you for your time today and thank you for what you are doing to bring attention to the important issue of ending poverty. Thank you. America works is a network of Company Including americaworks of washington, d. C. Have managed retention programs throughout the united states. Under the mission of changing lives by lifting them from dependency and to employment, americaworks have place over 400,000 people into jobs nationwide. Americaworks rapid attachment work Program Allows individuals to be place quickly in the workforce. We believe will work should be the central focus. Wrap around services but not limited to Mental Health, shelter services, childcare care, and education endeavors are simultaneously. Over the years, americaworks has taken on total social programs that has caused taxpayers billions of dollars. We have attached exoffenders to jobs. Americaworks has taken people out of homeless shelters. We could create productive citizens. Americaworks pioneered the work first program. States were limited to a small percentage of people. This forced employment first and training later or simultaneously for upgrading and improving prospects. Americaworks haiyan pioneered government contracts that is not commonly used. Betsy mckay wrote it is the responsibility. Government involvement should not stop at the management of funding and programs, it should champion personal most contractors are paid when clients enroll in their programs regardless of employment. Betsy mckay wrote it is the responsibility of government involvement should not stop at the management of funding and programs, it should champion personal responsibility. Personal responsibility act to encourage employment as well as hold precipitous participants accountable. In order to successfully move individuals from dependent too independent, we must revisit the premise. What is the definition of success for a recipient . It is an individual moving to employment, maintaining a selfsufficient lifestyle, and progress in their desired career trajectory. Charlene shares her story and i would like to share it. My name is Charlene Dorsey and ive been a part of it for 2 years. When i first started, i was not focus on my career goals. After several months of messing around, i came to the realization. Tanf would be cut soon and i cannot rely on this as a way to support me and my children. I got tired of my life south of the dependency. After spending with the director, i decide to take the program more seriously. I work very closely with the staff at americaworks and put my energy into gaining employment. Within one week, i had a job. I started working as a cashier. When i was searching for employment, food service was my last resort. After work for a few months, i realize i loved my job and had the potential to grow within the company. I have been working there for nine months in him the Training Program to become a manager. I love my supervisor and staff i work with. I enjoy