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.

 

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.