Changing the culture of welfare offices through the one-worker system, which features three new job classes, was part of the strategy for attaining the goal of having zero welfare families without earned income. The new job classifications and responsibilities were implemented in all welfare offices in April 1997. Riverside County's GAIN Program Also see WIN's Promising Practice description of Riverside County's GAIN Program. Click here for the county's GAIN web site. This project aims to educate policy makers about the lives of welfare recipients by pairing them up for four weeks.
Officials also can attempt to eat for the month on a food stamp budget as well.
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