LA welfare services, spending money to save money
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The LA County Department of Public Social Services is proposing a $7.2 million plan to shift the financial burden of some of the most disabled welfare recipients to the federal government. If it’s approved, the proposal would free up local welfare services to focus more efficiently on the most employable individuals. But is it worth that tax payer tab?
Guests:
Philip Browning, director, Los Angeles Department of Public Social Services
Adine Forman, director of government affairs, Jewish Vocational Services, a group that helps people find employment; she helped develop the DPSS proposal
- Patt Morrison for September 21, 2009
- Net neutrality and the future of Internet access
- Increased ruptures a sign of failing infrastructure?
- And the Emmy goes to...
- LA welfare services, spending money to save money
- John Edwards, baby daddy? Criminal?
- Are women better than men at legislating?
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Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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