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Welcome! Public Benefits Overview on
December 17-18 will be held at American Friends Service
Committee, 65 Ninth Street, San Francisco 94103.
Click here for directions, parking and nearby affordable lodging.
Both days of the training begin
promptly at 8:30 a.m. and end at 5:30 p.m. Please arrive between 8:00
a.m. and 8:15 a.m. to receive your materials. Continental breakfast and
lunch are provided for both days.
Everyone's participation is integral to everyone else's learning.
Please arrange your travel so that you arrive on time and stay throught
the end of the training. We
end promptly at 5:30 p.m. Let us know if we can help you in any
way.
Thanks!
Public Benefits
Overview (Thursday, December 17)
Please complete these
exercises before the training. We will review this information at the
beginning of the training.
Exercise 1
To get a quick overview of benefits, review
The
People's Guide to Welfare, Health & Other Services. Then take a
Walk Through The
People's Guide, The Sally Cordova Story and answer the
questions.
Exercise 2
Please read
History
and Administration of Public Benefit Programs and
Why It's So Hard to End Poverty in America.
Exercise 3
Please answer the questions set out in
Public
Benefits Overview Introduction --Day One and bring it with you
to the training.
We look forward to seeing you on Thursday between 8:00 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. to check in. Please call us
at 415/695-9296 if you have any questions.
Public Benefits Overview (Friday,
December 18)
Please complete these exercises before
the training. We will review this information at the beginning of the
training.
Exercise 1
Please reread
History
and Administration of Public Benefits Programs. At what step of
the welfare cycle illustrated on page 1 would you place American society
today?
Exercise 2
Please read our summary of
Welfare
Myths: Fact or Fiction? Exploring the Truth About Welfare (May 1996)
Please read
The Welfare Advocate's Challenge: Fighting Historic Racism in the New
Welfare System.
Exercise 3
Please answer the questions set out in
Public
Benefits Overview Introduction -- Day Two and bring it with you
to the training.
We look forward to seeing you on Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. to check in. Please call us
at 415/695-9296 if you have any questions.
Please bring the copies of
materials that you downloaded to the training. You need not download The People's Guide to Welfare.
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These files are pdf,
Portable Document Files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to
read and print them. Click on the Adobe Get Acrobat Reader
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