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5.23 Rob Keast <[email protected]> 06/05/2000 06:37:38 PM Record Type: Record To: Andrea Kane/OPD/EOP, Eugenia Chough/OPD/EOP, Margy Waller/OPD/EOP CC: Diana Warner <[email protected]> Shelly Thieme <[email protected]> Subject: FW: Washington Briefing - Update Here's our follow-up memo to the Washington Briefing day we sent out to our Board that we referred to on the call today. Please feel free to give me or Diana (x. 318) if you have any questions. Thanks. Rob Original Message From: Shelly Thieme Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 6:42 PM To: Entire DC Office (less Eli); Eli Segal Subject: Washington Briefing - Update MEMORANDUM DATE: May 30, 2000 TO: Members of The Welfare to Work Partnership Advisory Council FROM: Rodney Carroll, Chief Operating Officer CC: Tiffany Westover, Dorian Friedman, Diana Warner, Christine Parker RE: Washington Briefing Update We would like to thank all the members of The Partnership's Advisory Council who participated in the recent Washington Briefing. We are sorry that not all of you could attend this informative exchange with key Administration officials and Members of Congress. We were excited with the response from both groups and look forward to bringing everyone back within the next few months. Below we have outlined the key messages that The Partnership heard our Business Partners convey to key welfare to work policy leaders: Responsible use of TANF and other federal welfare to work funds. The Partnership's members have made great progress in a few short years, but they call on the government to come to the table with additional supports for workers leaving the welfare rolls. In particular, states with unspent TANF block grant funds are strongly encouraged to direct them toward resources our employers say they need to get the job done right: more child care and transportation for their new hires, additional skills training (both pre- and post-employment) and more. Until these funds are maximized for purposes directly related to preparing welfare recipients for work, our