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| NEW YEAR, NEW WAIVER: RECOMMENDATIONS for CONNECTING ABLE-BODIED ADULTS WITHOUT… | Alysha Alani | ABAWD, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)/Food Stamps | Field Reports | Domestic, Seattle, Washington | This report will outline the impact of the waiver loss as well as two state-sponsored options available to ABAWDs to meet SNAP (Basic Food) work requirements: Workfare… Read more “NEW YEAR, NEW WAIVER: RECOMMENDATIONS for CONNECTING ABLE-BODIED ADULTS WITHOUT DEPENDENTS to BASIC FOOD in KING COUNTY, WA” |
Emerson Fellow | NEW YEAR WAIVER February Alysha Alani Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow RECOMMENDATIONS for CONNECTING ABLEBODIED ADULTS WITHOUT DEPENDENTS BASIC FOOD KING COUNTY CONTENTS Acknowledgements Executive Summary Background Satisfying the Work Requirements Data RISE Workfare County Waivers Basic Food Employment Training Appendix References and Further Reading Recommendations OnePager Massachusetts Exemption Supplement Nonprofit Guide including DSHS Volunteer Agreement Activity Report wwwUWKCorg United Way King organization working together build community where people have homes students graduate families are financially stable Second Avenue Seattle Instagram Facebook Twitter LinkedIn The Fellows Program social justice program that trains inspires sustains leaders gain field experience fighting hunger poverty through placements based organizations across country policy Washington bridges communitybased efforts national public with particular emphasis racial equity wwwhungercenterorg North Capitol This report was prepared under supervision Lauren McGowan Director Financial Stability her mentorship encouragement insight Teamwork makes dream work Corinna Adams Manager State Department Social Health Services sharing knowledge expertise support Christina Wong Public Policy Northwest Harvest Sara Robbins Benefits Legal Assistance Solid Ground Luanne Serafin Staff Attorney Justice Project being generous their time feedback tirelessly improve lives opportunities ABAWDs Melissa Ford Shah PhD Senior Advisor accommodating many data requests Troy Burgess BFET Consultant Alice Fong Initiatives Albert Ramirez Congressional Center his guidance Apprentice Nontraditional Women Asian Counseling Referral Auburn Bank Cares Earthcorps Elizabeth Gregory House FareStart Intervention Issaquah Multiservice Neighborhoood Pike Market Port Jobs Puget Sound Labor Agency Goodwill Industries Initiative Snoqualmie Valley Hospital TRAC Associates Tukwila Pantry YWCA Special thanks Many staff participant following thoughts visions better ABAWD programming EXECUTIVE SUMMARY recent loss limit waiver threatened benefits thousands ablebodied adults without dependents will outline impact well two statesponsored options available meet SNAP requirements Additionally offer recommendations quantity quality accessibility these funding capacity building advocacy Expand Housing Ready Crisis Resilient AmeriCorps teams responsibilities include screening status requirement exemptions colleges Regional Access Points free tax preparation sites Connect programs placing trained members local offices make referrals Create resource service providers detailing offerings eligibility criteria employment outlook other factors more efficient appropriate individuals needs wants Support addition Comparable accepted form participation Fund collaborations between legal aid provide assistance vacating sealing process can clear criminal history records prospects legislation ban box increase reentry WikiComons Not only does help millions put food table positively impacts economy Over half been unemployed past months Unemployment itself decredentialing Studies show prospective employers favor consistent histories over similarly qualified applicants large gaps resumes quarter formerly incarcerated These join least million Americans who face additional barriers top employer discrimination like access business drivers license consequences incarceration disproportionately affect communities color making this issue Every leads economic activity order ensure continuity important understand unique challenges they securing living wages should actively towards maintaining expanding population whose recently Economic context Todays gig lends inconsistent hours unstable incomes not mention having bear front costs insurance expenses traditionally provided Such month variability results churning out which has destabilizing within household creates unnecessary tension longterm earned imperative meeting immediate immune such instability Some primarily Kings internal strategic direction alleviate insecurity aims preliminary exploratory analysis Workare see how could met one year after went into effect WHY MATTERS For example Personal Responsibility Opportunity Reconciliation Act PRWORA placed Supplemental Nutrition state period unless specific exemption Time Limit High unemployment rates years resulted states qualifying statewide waivers Even expired were eligible apply geographic January reintroduced first since before recession CBPP longer introduced part Mississippi South Carolina West Virginia elected impose even though still live adult age range physically mentally unable hoursweek average outside NOT disabled Muckleshoot Reservation pregnant chronically homeless cannot find unit minor children receiving care elderly person themselves enrolled high school college participate drug alcohol treatment applying disabilitybased SSI SSDI ABD Worker Comp etc Refugee Cash Matching Grant Funds source Budget Priorities FNS allocates use fit granted category used participants study informed began accruing given days notice losing due nonparticipation PIERCE SNOHOMISH YAKIMA Olympia WHATCOM OKANOGAN LEWIS SPOKANE CLALLAM MUCKLESHOOT RESERVATION Snohomish Pierce Counties except cities Lakewood Tacoma subject All counties exempt federal limits allows define WAs clock started did count any received allotted prior operates fixed frame same everyone Essentially means receive December Beginning slate wiped clean all reeligible another ALL from residents also satisfy combination ways WORK ENROLL PARTICIPATE volunteering nonprofit several approved training hoursmonth includes inkind goods services rental income actual number client works Resources Initiate Successful Programs Needs RSEN project Workforce Innovation WIOA Limited English Proficiency LEP Pathway SJI Division Vocational Rehabilitation See required calculated dividing benefit amount minimum wage hour EXCEPT Key may total full certain resets when cut off reapply regain applications remain open PROFILE Note Participating set recipients affected would March potentially lost beginning April THE NUMBERS Number participating Exempt old male included Gender female RaceEthnicity unavailable Total felony conviction Participation among Nonexempt September Types nonexempt satisfied ultimate goal financial independence skill acquisition personal responsibility gainful According provides education assisting clients attaining career technical noncollege CBO contractors exclusively Temporary Needy Families TANF WorkFirst FAP Assessment Case management Job readiness Education equivalency industryspecific search placement Participant reimbursements transportation child housing clothing skillwage progression CBOs Apprenticeship ANEW CARES Courage REACH Plus Reaching Employability Achieving Career Habits Neighborhood NHWA Office Immigrant ORIA PSTC Federation Service RFSC SGI World Relief funded thirdparty reimbursement model funds responsible finding match purpose explored Findings Challenges Providers Participants must enroll anyone terminated Eligibility Criteria confusing messaging about classification Transportation Messaging Communication forced comply motivated opportunity those voluntarily Required documentation tracking complicated consuming different funder Administratively heavy lack affordable rent utility Voluntold especially case managementheavy quarterly submit questions via general email address but response improved hard good interested industry comprehensive list Provider Network Additional Barriers basic life skills selected lottery end interviews There central location reference manager interviewed identified poor understanding barrier recruitment enrollment knowing satisfying possibly feeling compelled although there choose variety levels engagement job interview versus viewing solely educating bus passes gas cards Funding changes follow volunteer coordinators agencies exchange best practices advice directed explain why beneficial them Better outreach materials What need emergency rentutility transporation professional Top Mental health issues resume Longterm Formerly Refugees Substance abuse current Criminal record Limits industries retail healthcare childcare navigate market friendly Homelessness Outreach Placement notified starts reliant selfsufficiency optional Theory because didnt leaves increasing Qualifying They directly churn reasons falling short existing gaining survival puts just offs failing verification noted loses disappear eJAS database When again name reappear system disrupts able individual Reality Churning Cycle pilot dollar fully Agriculture designed target populations Eligible randomly assigned groups expected during Unlike place jobs flexible timeline focused reduction Strategies Success prepare Based Learning paid internships eventually path veteran limited proficiency noncustodial parent owing arrears fill gap currently experienced multiple needed obtain resulting critical mentalphysical domestic violence chemical dependency welfare affecting employability stand alone deficiencies learning disability special negative equivalencydiploma veterans discharge hired internship steroids Ideally recruited right Stringent reach potential registrants Cold calls direct mailings generally successful dont already relationship Other strategies tabling fairs shelters Lack Effective Recruitment Response consistency answers Since casemanagement served Abuse Transitional Permanent theory behind awesomebut sometimes perfect weeded OUR WORKFARE PARTICIPANTS HAVE ADDED LOTWEVE COME RELY THEM involves unpaid government agency official referral Host Agencies Alzheimers Association BaileyBoushay Chief Club Lam Temple Enumclaw Kiwanis Rainier Salvation Army Cities University District Nonprofits complete contract become certified host Why matters studies component effective achieving its goals decreasing immediately start However interim solution equates upon completion likely transition Iraqi Community New Horizons Helpline Peoples Harm Reduction Alliance Firstly cash Secondly little evidence increases showed increased per cent rate stretch imagine similar outcomes extrapolating While each site standard resources experiences transferable fact some shown reduce chances limiting think low length availability shifts rush get scheduling around ore sign Internet connection Scheduling Inconsistent Capacity Perceived Low ROI accept waiting Conflict Interest uncomfortable allowing own serve had less than background checks FAX AND HOPE FOR BEST member communication involved antihunger unaware new county becoming extension most common concern transparency expectations ready really hopefully thinking starting grocery store cashing cashiering havent worked Its nice Ive here paving way things Theres andor want explore race white gender intend findings above propose OUTREACH CAPACITY BUILDING conduct encourage nonprofits expand diversity identify prevent identifying lead targeted concerted effort reenroll previously Offices orientations draw crowds Conduct grantees partners Ways team informing soft cater interests RAPs Free Tax Preparation established relations institutions document navigating difficult details type offered guide fits useful ADVOCACY FUNDING Recommend adopt acceptable Relying refer requiring certification ahead allow approval volunteered choice religious congregations serving preapproved maintain coverage appealing trusted forth greater matching sets language abilities familiarity interest both made few reached schedule shift Continue invest rely continue Unrestricted collaborate providing particularly Vacating second biggest surpassed Provide small grants cover volunteers vouchers Given relatively investment preventing Join Workgroup campaigns Redesigning notification postcards sent mail using easy instructions Establish below Make experiencing homelessness easier CONTINUED APPENDIX Abramovitz Mimi Task Force Welfare Reform NYC Chapter Workers NonProfits Myths Realities Lee Helly Brief Law Bolen More Than Adults Will Lose Expire AbleBodied Without Dependents TacomaLakewood Source DSHSESAEMAPS Monthly ACES Warehouse October produced Overview Dept Administration Able Bodied Volunteering Limiting Under Federal rules Cited Crisp Richard Del Roy Fletcher comparative review workfare programmes States Canada Australia London Pensions Rate Management Kaz David Rick Krauss June Selected articles reports further reading Thomhave Kalena Bodies Empty Stomachs Serving Subject Timelimited USDA SNAPs ThreeMonth Implementation Toolkit August Stolmeier Cheyenne Identifying Losing Rosenbaum Dorothy Relationship Between Among LowIncome Households LowerBasch Meeting Activities DeRenzis Brooke Building Skills Lessons Learned Four Coalition Using Offer JobDriven May Justin Aleta Sprague Assault Stamps Misguided Black Rachel Sabeel Rahman Centering Margins Framework Equitable Inclusive America Rodriguez Michelle Natividad Maurice Emsellem Million Need Apply Reforming Checks Alexander Mass Incarceration Age Colorblindness Press Krueger Alan Are LongTerm Unemployed Brookings Institution Spring UNITED WAY Terms Communitybased refering CBOcontracted option perform law danger Matters boosts every Issue page shows Assistances Request ages streamlined onepage quickly expedite NOTE tounfit require WPE you might Use tell your situation determine Give completed DTA call Section Client Information Name ______________________________________________________________________________ Address ____________________________________________________________________________ Phone __________________________Agency Last digits SSN __________________ Check next question night residence Yes prefer answer diploma GED HiSet During last steadily employed fulltime student regularly dental psychiatric ongoing illness Have hospitalized Signature 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located becomes Contact emailing JobHelpdshswagov enough fulfill combining combine types long take estimated turnaround contracts weeks compensation pay Ensure Can recruit advise approaches referred Vist CSO Customer jobhelpdshswagov claim cause reason absence beyond controls Examples sick broke bad weather shut workplacehost missing missed idea notify miss Notifying necessarily mean instantly try showing suits lose row appeal rights physical mental impairment prevents recipient administrative hearing challenge decision disagree termination allegedly Good basis found calling CLEAR paused until goes against back money while pending appears Visit website httpbitlyWADSHSABAWD About VOLUNTEER AGREEMENT REV agreement CONTACTS NAME PHONE NUMBER INCLUDE AREA CODE ADDRESS Purpose standards procedures named voluntary Entitys Employer Identification FEIN Entity City School Private Indian tribe specify Compensation Insurance shall cost workers guarantee immunity tort liability assume injury death 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| Dead Ends: Assessing transportation barriers among the Able-Bodied Adults Without… | Maria Cristina Chicuén | 2018 | ABAWD, Income, Expenses, and Hunger, Transportation | Field Reports | Chicago, Domestic, Illinois | Dead Ends: Assessing Transportation Barriers among the ABAWD Population in Illinois is the culmination of Maria Cristina’s work at the Illinois Hunger Coalition, where she spent her … Read more “Dead Ends: Assessing transportation barriers among the Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs) population in Illinois” | Emerson Fellow | Assessing transportation barriers among the AbleBodied Adult Without Dependents ABAWDs population Illinois Dead Ends Hunger Free Community Report February Mara Cristina Chicun Emerson National Fellow Contact Information This report was prepared for Coalition part Chicuens fellowship with Congressional Center All information collected this gathered from September through For more about publications mentioned please contact directly you may email them mchicuenhungercenterorg Table Contents Executive summary Brief history and work requirement policy ABAWD shortcomings Transportation affecting Exploring alternative solutions Conclusion recommendations Work requirements recipients government assistance programs GAPs have long been fixture conservative public aid Improvements national state unemployment rates facilitated enactment welfaretowork specifically targeting ablebodied adults without dependents per United States Department Agricultures USDA Food Nutrition Services FNS person between ages who has not disabled certain such Supplemental Assistance Program SNAP must comply qualifying activities least hours month continue receiving benefits does fulfill they only receive months within year period are subject time limit experiencing labor surpluses above eligible waiver exempting list Labor Surplus Areas published DOL Part One Page Although data provided USDAFNS critical assessing each economic outlook conditions there other pieces that taken into consideration when granting Namely undiagnosed mental health issues nontraditional dependent care should factored heavily waivergranting process There interagency collaboration previously agencies DOT Health Human DHHS requests The these would capture nuances states create holistic picture complex following focuses Employment Training program based research conducted during focused primarily faced predominantly featuring Chicago Cook County areas intention highlighted offered found Two debate social circles dating back than years ago According recent New York Times article Whos Anyway Emily Badger Margot SangerKatz English lawmakers utilized terminology better classify deserving versus undeserving poor were people physically incapable supporting themselves those did impairments goes describe how community members church wardens parish overseers ones determining merited exemption extrinsic factors preventing working Today exemptions could include living surplus area being chronically homeless pregnant others communitybased assessment model longer existence replaced DHHSled taskforce frontline caseworkers Entrusting staff responsibility classifying potential task exacerbates arbitrary notions deserves means complying objective rules originally subjective viewpoints held decisionmaking power like positioned identify need due their daily facetoface interactions Frontline administrative capacity sit out make determinations which why format serve Regardless making judgment call polls shown general consensus regards across party lines Public opinion surveys show nationallyrepresentative sample agree That survey administered jointly American Enterprise Institute Los Angeles reflected percent said its require seek participate training able Almost twenty after passage Personal Responsibility Opportunity Reconciliation Act codified law sentiment opposing free riders still alive well Three Figure Question Survey Attitudes toward Poor Poverty Welfare August November granted specific counties met DuPage one locality qualify mandated beginning January served insightful case study given small size relative whose caseload nears tens thousands However timeframe enough analyze countys Nevertheless sources discuss overall effectiveness outcomes major takeaway can summarized way jobs nor employers hire searching Assuming imposition will translate meaningful sustainable employment considerably harmful incorrect presumption provide incentives nonABAWDs Even seeking willing guarantee find aligned Finding longterm further hindered nonvisible nonphysical having prior felony conviction disorder needing supportive services language interpretation decided focus most overwhelming barrier unequal inequitable access face host transportationrelated hinder ability attain maintain Ohios Franklin approximately residing lack valid drivers license reliable get Illinoisspecific issue conversations providers EPIC revealed similar trend stands opportunities Personalized Individualized Career planning Because pilot project funded researchcollection phase allowed overview giving details affect experimental nature released projects end Source Service Evaluation Pilots key point concern vicissitudes participants received subsidies ride Transit Authority CTA trains buses financial completion date own location rely shortterm fare help becomes greater considering close proximity nodes but actual hubs manufacturing construction outside accessible equitable visual Metropolitan Agency Planning CMAP highlights dissonance job centers accessibility Four Local transit availability evidenced map commuter southern portion traveling north lower both your home region where employed seen shaded white sharply contrasted teal display high numbers local suggested significant number live mostly congregated western sides county situation demonstrates individuals car otherwise consistent form keeping abiding unsurmountable challenge Policies strive move towards selfsufficiency assess structural inequality present heart infrastructure mandate else risk losing striving Five Despite system external exist ease burden Job Access Reverse Commute JARC implemented wave welfare reform taking Clinton administration mids reverse commute came result Government Accountability Office GAO several points tension inclusive findings ring true today despite old entrylevel retail wholesale sectors located suburbs quarter mile stop Some rails too expensive lowincome wage earners Shifts typically nonpeak added travel spatial mismatch additional impediment single mothers young children day represented highest northern same urban core jobstransit conundrum results vicious cycle inability arrive place visuals below detail companies funding grants initiatives facilitate workers commuting needs Walgreens particularly important because company purchased four passenger transport disabilities workforce Anderson South Carolina facility distribution center exhaustive solution figure pickup step forward ensuring unable independently progress deterred Brookings Institution poses question sustainability Programs cycles problems impacting often marginalized class While overhauling cities feasible option take upon ensure lowwage especially depending affordable respectable getting cannot simply private vehicle costs addition housing expenses claim families household income investments readily consider connectivity places promote equity needle favor BandAid applied systems adequate service coverage Recommendations Under Trump administrations directive slowly GAP first recently Medicaid Housing Urban Development announced imposing order These policies mantra aspire achieve Such however fall short persistence poverty prevent truly selfsufficient Instead cause trouble segment already struggling ends meet understand peoplecentered consistently left force systemic impeding Further worsen affected lose less money purchase food medicine secure stable 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