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. Wedneaday, Oct 1. 198£ . (Bm$ m Welfare analysis gains CSUF participation By David Comfort Staff Writer Starting this week, some CSU F students will be helping to reduce the number of welfare recipients in Fresno County. The School of Health and Social Work recently received a contract from the county to assess the interests and employ- ability of local public assistance recipients. Dean Richard Ford said the county will pay the school $30,000 to conduct the GAIN program (Greater, Awareness for Independence) from now through May. The program will assess ISO welfare recipients, mostly those receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children, and will involve three graduate students per semester. "The program will provide support resources to develop a client's skills to the foint of gainful employability," Ford said! Clients will receive training and formal education. The program also provides rm i i i i i i i i i GOOD BOY'S skills analysis and access to a job bank. Child care and transportation to and from the job are also available." "There are two reasons why we are doing this'," Dr. Bud Stude, coordinator of the master's program in rehabilitative counseling. "First, to provide community service, and second to give our students an opportunity to gain practical experience in rehabilitative counseling." Stude said the program will involve one full-time internship per semester. Two students will also work six hours per week ■•in the program. "We're not the only agency doing this kind of assessment," Ford said. "There are at least 10." Ford said in this particular program, CSU F is working in conjunction with the county Department of Social Services and Private Industry' Council, which will provide actual training and job placement. "We are very fortunate to get this contract," Ford said. "It will help pay for the testing and equipment involved." Stude said the clients will take a series of general aptitude tests and wiH be given work sample tests in which the client's capabilites with actual pieces of work are measured. An electronic assembly'test, for example, would measure a client's manual dexterity. Stude said. The program is designed not only to save government funds by reducing welfare roles, Stude said, but to halt a deterioration of work habits among the families of those receiving assistance. "Work behaviqr is learned mostly from I i SMOG CHECK - $8.95 SMOG CERTIFICATE — $5.00 i i R ' I | SMOG REPAIR - at minimum cost I ' ' ! \ 264-1881 | J' Expires 10/2/86 3519 E. Belmont & 6th Street J one's parents." Stude said*^ "A child in a situation where the parents don't work doesn't learn about work behavior. This is particularly detrimental in families where there had been several generations of welfare recipients. The child simply does not learn the necessity of working or the behavior necessary to maintain a job. "However, if the parents are involved in efforts to gain job skills and become employedythis is the model the children will learnMrom," Stude said. PROP. 61 Continued from page 1 proposal." The first witness to give testimony. Dr. Timothy Hodson, a private consultant to the Senate Office of Research, agreed with Alquist. He said the initiative contained "ambiguous, undefined terms and prob¬ lems of inconsistency and implementa¬ tion." Hodson pointed to section 26.b of the proposition, which states, "...the Legis¬ lature may appropriate funds... in excess of ($64,000) if the contract...does not exceed four years in length...." while section 26.h states, "the Legislature...will authorize no contract... over two years in duration." Hodson said the limits imposed on contracts with subcontractors could easily be sidestepped. "If this passes, there won't be a subcontractor in the state of California," Hodson said. "They'll all become general contractors. "An example of how this would directly affect people is at the airport I flew into this morning." Hodson said. "Good airport managers make more than $64,000 a year, so if the Fresno Air Terminal wanted to hire a good airport manager, they'd have to get a bill passed in order to do it. And since the money would be coming from the state, would he be a state or county employee? "Local government shouldn't have to come running to the state when they want to give someone a pay increase." Drs. Charles Hess and James Lyons from the U .C. Davis School of Agriculture said the proposition has already had an effect on their ability to recruit top faculty. "The top*Ph.D.'s aren't committing to us pending the passage of this initiative." Hess said. "We're also looking at problems of faculty retention. Thirty-five percent of our administrative"staff makes more than $64,000." State Senator Rose Ann Vuich. who represents Fresno and Tulare Counties, was present at the hearing in place of Assemblyman John Vasconcellos. whohl Alquist said was campaigning. "Tlie only supporter of this is M r. Gann himscjf," Vuich said. "And I'm glad he didn't show up. He just adds to the confusion. "California is a leader." Vuich said. "The other states are watching to see what happens. If Proposition 61 passes, it might influence other states to do the same. If this measure passes, it'll be devestating." Vuich said/ IMPROVE YOUR GRADES. T •
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Title | 1986_10 The Daily Collegian October 1986 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1986 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
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Title | October 1, 1986, Page 4 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1986 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
Language | eng |
Full-Text-Search | . Wedneaday, Oct 1. 198£ . (Bm$ m Welfare analysis gains CSUF participation By David Comfort Staff Writer Starting this week, some CSU F students will be helping to reduce the number of welfare recipients in Fresno County. The School of Health and Social Work recently received a contract from the county to assess the interests and employ- ability of local public assistance recipients. Dean Richard Ford said the county will pay the school $30,000 to conduct the GAIN program (Greater, Awareness for Independence) from now through May. The program will assess ISO welfare recipients, mostly those receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children, and will involve three graduate students per semester. "The program will provide support resources to develop a client's skills to the foint of gainful employability," Ford said! Clients will receive training and formal education. The program also provides rm i i i i i i i i i GOOD BOY'S skills analysis and access to a job bank. Child care and transportation to and from the job are also available." "There are two reasons why we are doing this'," Dr. Bud Stude, coordinator of the master's program in rehabilitative counseling. "First, to provide community service, and second to give our students an opportunity to gain practical experience in rehabilitative counseling." Stude said the program will involve one full-time internship per semester. Two students will also work six hours per week ■•in the program. "We're not the only agency doing this kind of assessment," Ford said. "There are at least 10." Ford said in this particular program, CSU F is working in conjunction with the county Department of Social Services and Private Industry' Council, which will provide actual training and job placement. "We are very fortunate to get this contract," Ford said. "It will help pay for the testing and equipment involved." Stude said the clients will take a series of general aptitude tests and wiH be given work sample tests in which the client's capabilites with actual pieces of work are measured. An electronic assembly'test, for example, would measure a client's manual dexterity. Stude said. The program is designed not only to save government funds by reducing welfare roles, Stude said, but to halt a deterioration of work habits among the families of those receiving assistance. "Work behaviqr is learned mostly from I i SMOG CHECK - $8.95 SMOG CERTIFICATE — $5.00 i i R ' I | SMOG REPAIR - at minimum cost I ' ' ! \ 264-1881 | J' Expires 10/2/86 3519 E. Belmont & 6th Street J one's parents." Stude said*^ "A child in a situation where the parents don't work doesn't learn about work behavior. This is particularly detrimental in families where there had been several generations of welfare recipients. The child simply does not learn the necessity of working or the behavior necessary to maintain a job. "However, if the parents are involved in efforts to gain job skills and become employedythis is the model the children will learnMrom," Stude said. PROP. 61 Continued from page 1 proposal." The first witness to give testimony. Dr. Timothy Hodson, a private consultant to the Senate Office of Research, agreed with Alquist. He said the initiative contained "ambiguous, undefined terms and prob¬ lems of inconsistency and implementa¬ tion." Hodson pointed to section 26.b of the proposition, which states, "...the Legis¬ lature may appropriate funds... in excess of ($64,000) if the contract...does not exceed four years in length...." while section 26.h states, "the Legislature...will authorize no contract... over two years in duration." Hodson said the limits imposed on contracts with subcontractors could easily be sidestepped. "If this passes, there won't be a subcontractor in the state of California," Hodson said. "They'll all become general contractors. "An example of how this would directly affect people is at the airport I flew into this morning." Hodson said. "Good airport managers make more than $64,000 a year, so if the Fresno Air Terminal wanted to hire a good airport manager, they'd have to get a bill passed in order to do it. And since the money would be coming from the state, would he be a state or county employee? "Local government shouldn't have to come running to the state when they want to give someone a pay increase." Drs. Charles Hess and James Lyons from the U .C. Davis School of Agriculture said the proposition has already had an effect on their ability to recruit top faculty. "The top*Ph.D.'s aren't committing to us pending the passage of this initiative." Hess said. "We're also looking at problems of faculty retention. Thirty-five percent of our administrative"staff makes more than $64,000." State Senator Rose Ann Vuich. who represents Fresno and Tulare Counties, was present at the hearing in place of Assemblyman John Vasconcellos. whohl Alquist said was campaigning. "Tlie only supporter of this is M r. Gann himscjf," Vuich said. "And I'm glad he didn't show up. He just adds to the confusion. "California is a leader." Vuich said. "The other states are watching to see what happens. If Proposition 61 passes, it might influence other states to do the same. If this measure passes, it'll be devestating." Vuich said/ IMPROVE YOUR GRADES. T • |