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Title:
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Authorizing Council's Committee on Health and Human Services to hold hearings on the City of Philadelphia's welfare-to-work efforts, including the Transitional Work Programs, Philadelphia @ Work and Work Opportunities, and to investigate the effectiveness of such programs at placing and retaining former welfare recipients in permanent jobs that promote self-sufficiency, with specific attention focused on length of job programs, the appropriateness of wages paid, the practice of requiring attendance at unpaid training, and the retention rates of former welfare recipients placed into permanent jobs.
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Minutes note:
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At introduction, Councilmembers Tasco, Ortiz, Cohen, Mariano, Miller, Nutter, Brown, Goode, O'Neill and Rizzo
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Action text:
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A motion was made by Councilmember Tasco that this matter be Introduced. The motion carried unanimously.
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