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10219128 1 RESOLUTION NO. 10.219 2 3 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING AN APPLICATION TO 4 THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, WHICH CREATES A 5 SUPPORTIVE SERVICES NETWORK FOR WELFARE 6 RECIPIENTS THAT ENABLES THEM TO FIND AND 7 8 MAINTAIN EMPLOYMENT. 9 10 WHEREAS, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 11 of 1996 reformed the nation's welfare system and created a new public assistance program 12 13 called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) that established time limits for 14 receipt of welfare benefits and work requirements; and 15 WHEREAS, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 appropriated three billion dollars to 16 the United States Department of Labor to provide Welfare -to -Work grants to create 17 18 additional job opportunities and supportive services for those hardest to employ; and 19 WHEREAS, this application has been developed as a joint project with the 20 University of Arkansas System (UALR, UAMS, Cooperative Extension), the Pulaski County 21 One -Stop Career Center, Employment Security, United Way, Pulaski Enterprise Community, 22 23 the City of Little Rock, the Pulaski County TEA Coalition, the Pulaski County Department 24 of Human Services, the Pulaski County Employment Security Division, the Central 25 Arkansas Transit Authority, Pulaski County Technical College, the Department of 26 27 Community Punishment, Little Rock Criminal Court, the Little Rock and North Little Rock 28 Housing Authorities, the Chamber of Commerce,. Early Childhood Commission and, most 29 importantly, our community based non- profits with private business and industry; and 30 WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock, as a community, envisions the development of 31 32 a coordinated supportive services system (at 7th and Louisiana) as the best and most 33 economical way to eliminate many of the barriers TANF recipients face in their journey to 34 self - sufficiency and sustainable employment. 35 36 M M M M M NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. The City of Little Rock supports the development and an application to the Department of Labor for a Career Development Center and comprehensive supportive services facility for Pulaski County TANF recipients to assist them in their move to self - sufficiency under the "Work First' concept. SECTION 2. The City of Little Rock, through our Housing and Neighborhood Programs Department will help obtain chenr -free (no drugs or alcohol) housing units for those clients who obtain employment in the Little Rock Area. ADOPTED: March 3, 1998 ATTEST: ROBBIE HANCOCK CITY CLERK APPROVED AS TO FORM: THOMAS M. CARPENTER CITY ATTORNEY APPROVED: JI DAILEY MAYOR 129