Brownback opposes mandatory mentoring for welfare recipients

Gov. Sam Brownback said Thursday he opposes making a mentoring program for welfare recipients mandatory, an idea floated by the Department of Children and Families as it seeks to boost low participation.

“Oh, no, we’re not looking at that yet,” the Republican governor said.

The Wichita Eagle reported last week that a mentoring program launched in January has attracted more than 100 volunteers but just 13 welfare recipients.

“We’ve just had a slow uptake,” Brownback said. “I think the better route I hear people talking about is incentivizing the mentoring programs rather than mandating them. So, looking at what we can do that would make it more attractive to people.”

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