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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting –March 5, 2010 <br /> <br />Under the welfare reform legislation of 1996, <br />(the Personal Responsibility and Work <br />Opportunity Reconciliation Act – PWRORA <br />– Public Law 104-193), TANF replaced the <br />welfare programs known as Aid to Families <br />with Dependent Children (AFDC), the Job <br />Opportunities and Basic Skills Training <br />(JOBS) program and the Emergency <br />Assistance (EA) program. The law ended <br />federal entitlement to assistance and instead <br />created TANF as a block grant that provides <br />states, territories and tribes federal funds <br />each year. These funds cover benefits, <br />administrative expenses, and services <br />targeted to needy families. TANF became <br />effective July 1, 1997, and was reauthorized <br />in February 2006 under the Deficit Reduction <br />Act of 2005. But the national poverty rate <br />continues to increase and the issues we were <br />addressing with Jon Hunt’s group are <br />escalating in our city. <br /> <br />There are many, many reasons why this is so. <br />One of the major reasons is at the heart of <br />Project Impact’s purpose and that is <br />preparing people at risk (AKA men and <br />women of scars) for sustainable employment. <br />It is my understanding that upon the initial <br />request to the South Bend Redevelopment <br />Commission for funding, Project Impact <br />requested 3 years of support. The <br />Commission funded 1 year without any <br />commitment to continue. I do very well <br />understand your position, given the <br />downtown in the economy as well as other <br />existing factors. <br /> <br />But the nature of my request this morning is <br />based on a resolution that the South Bend <br />Common Council will address on Monday, <br />March 8, 2010. Resolution 12-10, A <br />RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON <br /> 46 <br /> <br />