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Alabama DHR worker urges Chilton County to allow blanket placements for family-assistance clients
Summary
Missy Brewer of the Alabama Department of Human Resources asked the Chilton County Commission to approve a blanket contract allowing community-employment placements — unpaid, supervised work that helps recipients build job skills — at county departments including Chilton Transit and the animal shelter; she said the county currently serves 39 family-assistance cases and can cover daycare, transport and uniforms.
Missy Brewer of the Alabama Department of Human Resources asked the Chilton County Commission during public comment to authorize placements of family-assistance recipients in county departments through a blanket community-employment contract.
Brewer said community employment is a work activity tied to family assistance (the cash side of federal benefits) in which participants perform supervised volunteer work in exchange for benefits. "Family assistance is, welfare," she said, adding that the county currently has 39 family-assistance…
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