FW: Women Work! Legislative Alert
Rizzolo Angela (rizzolo-angela@dol.gov)
Wed, 15 Apr 1998 14:20:04 -0400
FYI ....please post.
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>From: Women Work![SMTP:WomenWork@worldnet.att.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 1998 4:17 PM
>To: Women Work! Exchange
>Subject: WW: Women Work! Legislative Alert
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>THE WOMEN WORK! EXCHANGE
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>LEGISLATIVE ALERT
>PLEASE ACT AND PASS THIS INFORMATION ON ASAP
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>U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN) will introduce an amendment to S. 1133
>The Parent and Student Savings Act that will:
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>* increase the limit on vocational education for welfare recipients from
12 to 24 months;
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> * allow participation in the federal work-study program to count as a work
>activity for welfare recipients; and
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>* remove teen parents without a high school diploma from counting under
>the vocational education cap, thus allowing more adult welfare recipients
>to participate in vocational education.
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>S. 1133, also known as the Coverdell bill, is scheduled to be voted on by
>the U.S. Senate during the week of April 20th. Senator Wellstone will
>offer the amendment during the floor debate.
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>Clearly this amendment will greatly assist our programs in better serving
>women receiving welfare under TANF and significantly increase women's
>options for achieving economic self-sufficiency!!!
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>ACTION TO BE TAKEN
>1. Please call both of your senators BY TUESDAY APRIL 21ST and ask them to
>VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE WELLSTONE AMENDMENT TO THE COVERDELL BILL, S. 1133.
>You can reach both your senators by calling the Capitol switchboard
>202/224-3121. If you are not sure who your senators are, please call the
>Women Work! office immediately.
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>2. Please ask at least 10 other people, including women who will benefit
>from the amendment as well as school administrators and faculty, to also
>call both senators by April 21st. Have them explain how important the
>amendment is to successful welfare reform.
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>3. IF YOU KNOW OF WOMEN WHO HAVE HAD TO ABANDON ASSOCIATE DEGREE,
>CERTIFICATE OR OTHER PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT LAW'S 12 MONTH
>RESTRICTIONS, PLEASE LET US KNOW ASAP so that we can pass the information
>on to Senator Wellstone as part of his strategy to get the amendment
>passed. Please call Liz Dumbaugh or Carrie Apfel at 202/467-6346 or e-mail
>us at:
>womenwork@worldnet.att.net.
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>For more information, please call Liz Dumbaugh or Rubie Coles at
>202/467-6346. Thanks for your swift attention to this important
>development!
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