Jilly
8-23-13, 3:10pm
My experience is not spot on to that interesting thread and I did not want to impose my thoughts there, but is connected.
I work with people who have significant challenges. Yeah, I know that I have shared this several times, so I get that it is boring, although not for me. Some are referred to me by our social and governmental agencies. Some are already employed, but struggling, and some are in the process of seeking financial resources.
My state has a program that provides assistance to families, with minor children and incomes below 115% of the FPL. This program requires that applicants conduct 25 hours of job searching each week. Not 25 applications or application attempts, but actual, reportable hours that can be verified.
I worked with a client yesterday who takes whatever jobs she can find, most of them temporary, via several placement agencies, and casual word-of-mouth jobs. She is a new client, and has asked to work weekly, in conjunction with her case worker, on employment issues and training and finding resources for her son. In addition to her two current, very part time jobs and caring for her son who has some health issues, she has that 25 hours of extra work in order to comply with the job searching requirement. She does not have a car or computer, which makes meeting that requirement difficult, but she does it. Yesterday she shared that she is running out of places to apply.
I am not trying to say that there are not any people who take advantage of these resources, it is just that we can forget about those who are doing their best and still not being able to adequately care for their families. And, it kind of hugely irritates me when I hear people I know (real life) be critical of these programs and the people who use them. Not here, but flesh and blood and heartless folk I actually know. :~)
There is a lot of discussion amongst my friends concerning social services abuse and health care reform. I do not have any answers or notions about how any of this can be fixed. Well, I do have notions.
And, I am enormously irritated at those who abuse the system. And, whilst I rarely need to do so, I am glad to be a mandated reporter for illegal activity.
That's all. Now I can say that I have posted in this forum. Ha!
I work with people who have significant challenges. Yeah, I know that I have shared this several times, so I get that it is boring, although not for me. Some are referred to me by our social and governmental agencies. Some are already employed, but struggling, and some are in the process of seeking financial resources.
My state has a program that provides assistance to families, with minor children and incomes below 115% of the FPL. This program requires that applicants conduct 25 hours of job searching each week. Not 25 applications or application attempts, but actual, reportable hours that can be verified.
I worked with a client yesterday who takes whatever jobs she can find, most of them temporary, via several placement agencies, and casual word-of-mouth jobs. She is a new client, and has asked to work weekly, in conjunction with her case worker, on employment issues and training and finding resources for her son. In addition to her two current, very part time jobs and caring for her son who has some health issues, she has that 25 hours of extra work in order to comply with the job searching requirement. She does not have a car or computer, which makes meeting that requirement difficult, but she does it. Yesterday she shared that she is running out of places to apply.
I am not trying to say that there are not any people who take advantage of these resources, it is just that we can forget about those who are doing their best and still not being able to adequately care for their families. And, it kind of hugely irritates me when I hear people I know (real life) be critical of these programs and the people who use them. Not here, but flesh and blood and heartless folk I actually know. :~)
There is a lot of discussion amongst my friends concerning social services abuse and health care reform. I do not have any answers or notions about how any of this can be fixed. Well, I do have notions.
And, I am enormously irritated at those who abuse the system. And, whilst I rarely need to do so, I am glad to be a mandated reporter for illegal activity.
That's all. Now I can say that I have posted in this forum. Ha!