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Weld County
Post Office Box 758
Greeley, Colorado 80632
Dear Norm:
I was pleased to receive and review the Weld County report on the
progress of your welfare diversion program. I am one of many who
are keenly interested in this program, and I have a special interest
in the relationship of this effort to the Jobs Training Partnership
Act. This new legislation contains a special emphasis on reducing
welfare dependency through unsubsidized employment. Weld County's
pioneering efforts can help all of Colorado learn how to attain this
important objective.
Your program is showing interesting results but there are two
concerns which all the spectators have, which I'd like all of us to
keep in mind.
The first of these is the potential relationship or role of
vocational training as an additional tool to move welfare recipients
into unsubsidized employment. The second is the need to ensure that
welfare diversion programs are operated as positive support to this
group of citizens.
I know you are sensitive to these issues and while I do not believe
it reasonable for Weld County to resolve all these problems, I hope
you and your staff will be active participants in the continuing
dialogue on this important reform effort.
Sincerely,
Ric Ric and D. Lamm
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