5732232 Public Oversight Roundtable on Transition Plan for Families Nearing the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Time Limit, PR 21-346, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Sanction Policy Amendment Approval Resolution of 2015, and ...

COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA                                 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC OVERSIGHT ROUNDTABLE

1350 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004                

COUNCILMEMBER YVETTE M. ALEXANDER, CHAIRPERSON

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC OVERSIGHT ROUNDTABLE

 

TO DISCUSS

 

Transition Plan for Families Nearing the TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES Time Limit

 

and

 

PR 21-346, the “Temporary assistance for needy families sanction policy amendment approval resolution of 2015”

 

AND

 

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES Employment Program Performance Outcomes

 

tuesday, november 17, 2015

5:00 p.M., LARGE MEETING ROOM

Dorothy I. Height/Benning Neighborhood Library

3935 Benning Rd, NE

Washington, DC 20019

 

Councilmember Yvette M. Alexander, Chairperson of the Committee on Health and Human Services, announces a public oversight roundtable to discuss the “Transition Plan for Families Nearing the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Time Limit”, PR 21-346, the “Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Sanction Policy Amendment Approval Resolution of 2015”, and the “Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Employment Program Performance Outcome”  The roundtable will take place at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 in the Large Meeting Room of the Dorothy I. Height/Benning Neighborhood Library.

                                                                                          

                        The purpose of this roundtable is to discuss the Department of Human Services’ transition plan for the over 6,000 families who have been on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program for longer than 60 months and will lose their benefits on October 1, 2016. The Committee will also discuss the impact of PR21-346, the “Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Sanction Policy Amendment Approval Resolution of 2015” that will amend the rules setting forth the District’s TANF sanction policy to: (1) clarify ambiguous language about the period of non-participation required before the sanction process is initiated; (2) change the first level of graduated sanctions from removal of the sanctioned individual from the assistance unit to a twenty percent reduction in the assistance unit’s monthly benefit; and (3) allow for case termination with notice and an opportunity for a hearing after a customer has failed to remedy a level three sanction for twelve months.   Finally, this roundtable will provide TANF customers the opportunity to provide feedback on the job preparation, placement, and retention services and supports provided through the TANF Employment Program. 

 

Those who wish to testify should contact Malcolm Cameron, Legislative Analyst to the Committee on Health and Human Services, at 202-741-0909 or via e-mail at [e-mail], and provide their name, address, telephone number, organizational affiliation and title (if any) by close of business on Friday, November 13, 2015.  Persons wishing to testify are encouraged, but not required, to submit 15 copies of written testimony.  Witnesses should limit their testimony to four minutes; less time will be allowed if there are a large number of witnesses.   

 

For those unable to testify at the roundtable, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record.  Copies of written statements can be emailed to [e-mail] or mailed to Malcolm Cameron at the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 115, Washington, D.C., 20004.  The record will close at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 1, 2015.