Poor people don't need to learn "parenting techniques" and "coaching techniques" and "nutrition education" and "Life 101" & all the other crap the upper middle class wants to foist on them because of their deep-seated belief that poor people are DEFECTIVE and INFERIOR and don't live right.
Domestic colonialism, the same attitudes the colonial subjects had toward the colonized: take up the white man's burden oyez oyez
You might not know, but people on public assistance are ALREADY required to work and take classes for their miserable benefits -- up to 30 hours a week. "Work activities" = coming into the welfare office to use their computers to do job searches (driving miles, one-way, can be at least up to 40 miles, and that's from personal knowledge), AND NO EXCUSES about your broken-down car or sick kid.
Mandatory classes on resume writing (even if you have a PhD) etc.
To count toward a State’s work participation rate, single parents must participate in work activities for an average of 30 hours per week, or an average of 20 hours per week if they have a child under age six. Two-parent families must participate in work activities for an average of 35 hours a week or, if they receive Federal child care assistance, 55 hours a week. Failure to participate in work requirements can result in a reduction or termination of a family’s benefits.
Work Activities – Activities that count toward a State’s participation rates are (some restrictions may apply):
unsubsidized or subsidized employment
work experience
on-the-job training
job search and job readiness assistance – not to exceed 6 weeks in a 12-month period and no more than 4 consecutive weeks (but up to 12 weeks if a State meets certain conditions)
community service
vocational educational training – not to exceed 12 months
job skills training related to work
education directly related to employment
satisfactory secondary school attendance
providing child care services to individuals who are participating in community service.
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opa/fact_sheets/tanf_factsheet.html
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