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Welcome! Public Benefits
Overview on Dec 6–7 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.
Public Benefits Overview (Thursday,
December 4)
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 Food & Money, The Betty Hake Story and answer the
questions.
Exercise 2
Please read
History
and Administration of Public Benefit Programs,
Ten
Things Everyone Should Know about Welfare Reform, and Moving Beyond
Welfare: What Do We Know About Former CalWORKs Recipients?
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 December 4 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 5)
Please complete these exercises before
the training. We will review this information at the beginning of the
training.
Exercise 1
Please read (or 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)
For extra credit 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 December 5 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
icon (left) to download the free Reader. |
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