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NightSight, Ep. 1095 (1986)
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#1095; NS1095 NS12/17/86 SOM= 00:00:31:17Focus Segment (Tape 1)- Governor Gardner has proposed a package of welfare programs that would require most recipients to work for their subsidies.- Some say this would give welfare mothers the chance to learn new skills while others insist it tears single-parent families apart during children's crucial developemental years.- Lee Hochberg talks with three welfare recipients who say the new plan will hurt more than it will help.Interview:- Guest- Jule Sugarman, Director of Washington State Department of Social and Health Services.- Guest- Margaret Casey, Associate Director, Washington State Catholic Conference- Jule Sugarman drafted the welfare proposal. Ms. Casey objects to the mandatory aspect of the plan that requires recipients to work for their benefits and she wonders how the state will pay for such a grandiose plan.Feature Segment: Newsmakers (Tape 2)- Barry Mitzman talks with Nancy Amedei, a visiting professor at the University of Washington School of Social Work as well as a syndicated columnist covering social policy, about welfare system myths and Washington's welfare reform proposal.Feature Segment: Media Watch (Tape 3)- Don Pembe…
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KCTS (Television station : Seattle, Wash.)
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public broadcasting, AAPB, NightSight, KCTS 9, Booth Gardner, Lee Hochberg, Jule Sugarman, Margaret Casey, Barry Mitzman, Nancy Amedei, Don Pember, Gary Gibson, Victoria Fung, Lila Gorbman, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Washington State Catholic Conference, Pacific Northwest Ballet, University of Washington School of Social Work, welfare reform, Iran-Contra affair, single-parent families, child care policy, poverty and social services, Seattle, Washington
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