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THE WHITE HOUSE
September 15, 1994
Mrs. Helen A. Baker
8615 Old Maple Lane
Humble, Texas 77338
Dear Mrs. Baker:
Thank you for writing to share your
welfare reform plan. Your proposal
addresses issues that are at the heart of
the current debate about welfare.
The President's reform plan will
replace a system based on welfare with a
system based on work. The proposal will
expand and improve the Job Opportunities
and Basic Skills (JOBS) program created by
the Family Support Act of 1988 and will
offer teaching, training, and job placement
services. At the same time, the Earned
Income Tax Credit, health care reform and
child care programs will provide the
additional incentives people need to leave
welfare. By increasing both work oppor-
tunities and desperately needed support
systems, the Work and Responsibility Act of
1994 will make welfare what it was meant to
be -- a second chance, not a way of life.
Mrs. Helen A. Baker
September 15, 1994
Page 2
Thank you again for writing to share
your welfare plan. I hope that concerned
citizens like you will continue to work
with the President to change our welfare
system to improve the lives of millions of
Americans.
Sincerely yours,
Hillary Rodham Clinton
CC: The Honorable Jack Fields