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The Administration has put in place tough [or strong] child support enforcement measures to
hold absent parents accountable, while helping low income fathers go to work and meet their
responsibilities. welfare reform law signed by President Clinton significantly increased child
support efforts [these were not all part of 96 law] , and federal and state child support
collections doubled to $16 billion in 1999.
To help families make the transition from welfare to work and support low-income working
families, the Clinton-Gore Administration has provided nearly 200,000 new housing vouchers,
helped families meet their nutritional needs, improved transportation options through grants to
communities and making it easier for families to own a reliable car without losing food stamps,
and investing in child care.
Welfare to Work is Helping Americans Build Better Lives
"I have made a better life for my girls and myself. Just because a person was on welfare, doesn't
mean that they can't get out and work. They just need a chance and I'm living proof that it can be
done. Rhonda Costa, Employee at Salomon Smith Barney. Rhonda Costa didn't dream much
when she was on welfare. She spent her days trying to pay her bills with a $280 a month welfare
check and her nights shielding her two daughters from stray gunfire in a one-bedroom apartment.
Rhonda decided to change her life after her oldest daughter, Lakiyah, better to drop kid's name] told
Rhonda to get up and do something with her life. She enrolled with Wildcat Service Corporation, a
New York service provider that trains welfare recipients for jobs. After a 16-week training course,
Rhonda was hired by Salomon Smith Barney, and she was recently promoted to office manager and
has an assistant of her own - a Wildcat graduate. Through Salomon Smith Barney's tuition
reimbursement program, Rhonda is taking a class at Borough of Manhattan Community College for
her business management degree.
"The tides were turned once welfare reform was initiated in Howard County in October of 1996,
[and] other financial incentives were available that made the big difference, the Earned Income Tax
Credit and the collection of child support. Both of these have been a tremendous boost in helping
me to keep gainful employment.
The past two years have been a series of giant leaps toward
self- sufficiency, and I finally feel that I am getting ahead. - Amy Hillen works as a job counselor
with people making the transition from welfare to work for a non-profit group called Grassroots in
Maryland. She was on welfare until the end of 1996, and is now working part-time and working
toward a master's degree. [NOTE: same story is included under targeted tax cuts - I prefer it here
and think this edited version is much better. AR/KK- we'd never seen this one before - it's good,
but where did it come from? Who has vetted?]
***
The Welfare to Work Partnership is Mobilizing the Private Sector to Provide
Job Opportunities for Welfare Recipients
"As one of the founding members of the Welfare to Work Partnership, I knew welfare reform was not
going to work unless there were jobs in the private sector open to people leaving welfare. I also
knew that United needed to set an example, so we set a goal of hiring 2,000 people from welfare by
2000. Our company has now exceeded that goal, because the President understood how to
encourage, cajole, and continually challenge the private sector to step up to the plate and do their
part. Through the Welfare to Work Partnership, I believe the President achieved the single most
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