Then again, all too often the American way is crisis management rather than
crisis prevention.
Greg Meyer
At 10:19 AM 11/22/97 -0800, Tom Trail wrote:
>I've started the Walk A Mile Program with a welfare recepient. She is a single
>parent with 5 children and has a job. She receives no job support. We'll
>be meeting next week.
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>A total of 31 legislators are participating in the program. This past
>legislative session we passed a number of major welfare reform bills. Even
>the
>limited opportunity to participate in a program like Walk A Mile will give
>us an opportunity to learn about some successes and also problems of the
>legislation. I've already worked with men, women, and children on welfare
>since the legislative session, and it is apparent that many major problems
>still need to be addressed by the legislature.
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>The local citizens on welfare that I've worked with are highly
>motived to work and proud they can provide this type of support for their
>families. But we need to provide family support and training to assist them
>move ahead.
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>Rep. Tom Trail
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>Dr. Tom Trail
>International Trails
>2039 Mt. View Rd.
>Moscow, Id. 83843
>Tel: (208) 882-6077
>Fax: (208) 882-0896
>e mail ttrail@moscow.com
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