the osiris principle (congressional bill for welfare reform)

THIS BILL IS IN NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM SPONSORED WHOLLY OR IN-PART BY ANY CONGRESSMAN/WOMAN

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A BILL

To establish the Osiris Principle which will free up

astronomically high government expenditures into the Inner-

City/Rural/Low-Class Community by lessening work hours

required, while compensating with greater educational

attainment adherence. To repair the economy via Major Market,

Small Business, Franchises, Public/Private Sector companies by

creating a means of deeply cut payroll cost to the company. To

create more time in-house for the Family Structure within the

Inner-City/Rural poverty stricken areas

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE 1

This Act may be cited as the “Osiris Principle” 2

SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 3

Congress finds the following: 4

(1) Poverty can be seen as a deep, structural problem that 5

implicates our value system and our educational and 6

economic institutions. 7

(2) Poverty may be defined as the lack of basic necessities of 8

LIFE, such as food, shelter, clothing, health care, 9

education, economic security, credit worthiness, and 10

economic opportunity. 11


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(3) Policy initiatives and many safety net programs 1

addressing Poverty have not kept pace with the needs of 2

millions of Americans. 3

(4) The lack of an equitable distribution of housing choices 4

across the country leads to isolation and concentrated 5

Poverty. 6

(5) Children who grow up in Poverty experience higher 7

crime rates, decreased productivity, and higher health 8

costs over their lives (Center for American Progress, 9

2007) 10

(6) Young Americans, ages 18-24, experience a higher 11

Poverty rate than the national average (U.S. Census 12

Bureau, 2011). 13

(7) 16,400,000 children lived in Poverty in 2010 – more than 14

one in every five American children (U.S. Census 15

Bureau, 2011). 16

(8) Almost 35 percent of African-American children and 17

over 30 percent of Hispanic children lived in Poverty in 18

2009 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2011). 19

(9) The 46,180,000 of Americans in Poverty in 2010 was the 20

largest number yet recorded in the 52 years for which 21

Poverty estimates are available (U.S. Census Bureau, 22

2011). 23

(10) Children who live in Families who fall into Poverty for 24

even short periods of time, are at greater risk of a lifetime 25

of lower earnings, lower educational attainment, and 26


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increased reliance on public services and increased rates 1

of incarceration (First Focus, 2008). 2

(11) It is estimated that the additional 3 million children who 3

were forced in Poverty due to the recession of 2008, 4

resulted in $35 billion in economic losses annually, and 5

will cause at least $1.7 trillion in economic losses to the 6

United States during their lifetimes (First Focus, 2008). 7

(12) The House of Representatives, on January 22, 2008, 8

has revolted that it is the sense of Congress that the 9

United States should set a national goal of cutting 10

Poverty in half over the next 10 years. 11

(13) Promotion of responsible fatherhood and motherhood is 12

integral to successful child rearing and the well-being of 13

children. 14

(14) The Department of Health and Human Services has 15

estimated 12,000,000 children will receive AFDC 16

benefits within 10 years. 17

(15) An effective strategy to combat teenage pregnancy must 18

address the issue of male responsibility, including 19

statutory rape culpability and prevention. The increase of 20

teenage pregnancies among the youngest girls is 21

particularly severe and is linked to predatory sexual 22

practices by men who are significantly older. 23

(16) Data indicates that at least half of the children born to 24

teenage mothers are fathered by adult men. Available 25

data suggests that almost 70 percent of births to teenage 26

girls are fathered by men over age 20. 27


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(17) Surveys of teen mothers have revealed that a majority of 1

such mothers have histories of sexual and physical abuse, 2

primarily with older adult men. 3

(18) The negative consequences of an out-of-wedlock birth on 4

the mother, the child, the Family, and Society are well 5

documented as follows: 6

A. Young women 17 and under who give birth 7

outside of Marriage are more likely to go on Public 8

Assistance and to spend more years on Welfare 9

once enrolled. 10

B. Children born out-of-wedlock are more likely to 11

experience low verbal cognitive attainment, as 12

well as more child abuse, and neglect. 13

C. Children born out-of-wedlock were more likely to 14

have lower cognitive scores, lower educational 15

aspirations, and a greater likelihood of becoming 16

teenage parents themselves. 17

D. Being born out-of-wedlock significantly reduces 18

the chances of the child growing up to have an 19

intact Marriage. 20

E. Children born out-of-wedlock are 3 times more 21

likely to be on Welfare when they grow up. 22

(19) While many parents find themselves, through divorce or 23

tragic circumstances beyond their control, facing the 24

difficult task of raising children alone, nevertheless, the 25

negative consequences of raising children in single-26

parent homes are well documented as follows: 27


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A. Only 9 percent of married-couple families with 1

children under 18 years of age have income below 2

the national Poverty level. In contrast, 46 percent 3

of female-headed households with children under 4

18 years of age are below the national Poverty 5

level. 6

B. Among single-parent families, nearly ½ of the 7

mothers who never married received AFDC while 8

only 1/5 of divorced mothers received AFDC. 9

C. Children born into Families receiving Welfare 10

assistance are 3 times more likely to be on Welfare 11

when they reach adulthood, than children not born 12

into families receiving Welfare. 13

D. Mothers under 20 years of age are at the greatest 14

risk of bearing low birth weight babies. 15

E. The younger the single-parent mother, the less 16

likely she is to finish high school. 17

F. Young women who have children before finishing 18

high school are more likely to receive Welfare 19

assistance for a longer period of time. 20

G. Between 1985 and 1990, the public cost of births 21

to teenage mothers under the aid to families with 22

dependent children program, the food stamp 23

program, and the Medicaid program has been 24

estimated at $120,000,000,000. 25


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H. The absence of a Father in the LIFE of a child has 1

a negative effect on school performance and peer 2

adjustment. 3

I. Children of teenage single parents have lower 4

cognitive scores, lower educational aspirations, 5

and a greater likelihood of becoming teenage 6

parents themselves. 7

J. Children of single-parent homes are 3 times more 8

likely to fail and repeat a year in grade school than 9

are children from intact 2-parent families. 10

K. Children from single-parent homes are almost 4 11

times more likely to be expelled or suspended from 12

school. 13

L. Neighborhoods with larger percentages of youth, 14

aged 12 through 20, and areas with higher 15

percentages of single-parent households have 16

higher rates of violent crime. 17

M. It is the sense of the Congress that prevention of 18

out-of-wedlock pregnancy and reduction in out-19

of-wedlock birth are very important 20

Government interests. 21

(20) With some of the highest concentrations of Poverty, 22

Segregation, Low Educational Attainment, 23

Homelessness, and HIV/AIDS in the Nation, the City of 24

Miami is one of the most difficult redevelopment areas in 25

the Country. It is well documented below: (City of 26

Miami Consolidated Plan 2009-2013). 27


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A. Within the City of Miami, of all the Commission 1

Districts, District 5 has the highest concentration 2

of Poverty, with 43% of its residents living in 3

Poverty. 4

B. Within City of Miami- Allapattah has a total 5

household population of 6,123. Median Income 6

$17,865. % of HH with income 12K or less- 37%. 7

% with no HS Diploma (25YRS+)- 64%. % 8

Female Only HH w/ children 18 and under- 13%. 9

C. Within City of Miami- Coconut Grove has a total 10

household population of 912. Median Income 11




D. Within City of Miami- Edison/Little River/Little 15

Haiti (District 5) has a total household population 16

of 9,850. Median Income $19,526. % of HH with 17

income 12K or less- 35%. % with no HS Diploma 18

(25YRS+)- 57%. % Female Only HH w/ children 19

18 and under- 20%. 20

E. Within City of Miami- Little Havana has a total 21

household population of 17,501. Median Income 22




F. Within City of Miami- Model City (District 5) has 26

a total household population of 4,449. Median 27


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Income $15,615. % of HH with income 12K or 1

less- 43%. % with no HS Diploma (25YRS+)- 2

48%. % Female Only HH w/ children 18 and 3

under- 36%. 4

G. Within City of Miami- Overtown (District 5) has a 5

total household population of 3,646. Median 6




under- 27%. 10

H. Within City of Miami- Wynwood (District 5) has a 11

total household population of 1,361. Median 12




under- 20%. 16

I. Dependency subsidy for Single Family 17

Households w/ Household income of $10,000, 18

require a monthly subsidy of ($1,443). Annually, 19

the subsidy needed is ($17,316). The monthly 20

earnings of this Household type is $833. 21

J. There are job-training opportunities in the City of 22

Miami for individuals seeking employment; 23

however, workforce agencies have found that 24

many of the individuals that participate in these 25

programs need remedial education in Reading, 26

Writing, and Math. 27


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K. Miami-Dade County ranks third Nationally in 1

the list of counties with the highest number of 2

AIDS cases. Although all segments of Miami-3

Dade County’s diverse population are affected, 4

HIV/AIDS cases are concentrated in certain 5

disadvantaged minority communities of the 6

County. Blacks account for nearly half (52%) of 7

these cases, Hispanics represent 33%, and 8

Whites make up 14% of the population living 9

with HIV/AIDS. The majority (70%) of the 10

persons living with AIDS are male. Of these 11

residents living with the disease today, a 12

disproportionate number also struggle with 13

Poverty, homelessness, substance abuse, and 14

joblessness. These and other population 15

characteristics exacerbate the challenge to 16

properly treat persons with HIV/AIDS. With 17

regard to geographic distribution of Miami-18

Dade County residents living with HIV/AIDS 19

cases, are concentrated in Central Miami-Dade 20

County in areas comprised of Low-Income, 21

predominately Minority neighborhoods, 22

including: Liberty (Model) City (District 5), 23

Allapattah, Little Haiti (District 5), and South 24

Beach. Miami-Dade County’s HIV/AIDS cases 25

are most highly (1001 to 2000 cases per zip 26


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code) concentrated in 3 of the County’s Zip 1

Codes 33147, 33142, and 33139. 2

(21) The City of Miami faces obstacles that serve as both an 3

expression of need and also a potential barrier that may 4

affect the I-S-I-S and the City’s ability to carry out the 5

strategic plan. It is well documented below: (City of 6

Miami Consolidated Plan 2009-2013). 7

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i. HOUSING 9

a. Growing shortage of affordable housing for 10

extremely low-, very low-, and low to moderate-11

income families (particularly rental). 12

b. Deteriorating housing stock (59 percent of homes 13

in the City were constructed before 1970 and 46 14

percent of the County’s oldest housing stock built 15

in 1940 or earlier is located within City limits). 16

c. Low production of affordable housing compared to 17

need. 18

d. High cost of land and construction and low profit 19

margin to developers. 20

e. Lack of capacity among Non-Profit developers to 21

meet need. 22

f. Reduction of government funding for affordable 23

housing. 24

g. Shortage of qualified buyers who can meet FNMA 25

or FHMC standards. 26


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h. High cost of housing (homeownership and rental) 1

compared to salaries. 2

i. Lack of protection for tenants facing displacement. 3

j. High number of housing units built before 1978 4

that are to be potential lead hazards. 5

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ii. NON-HOUSING 7

a. High Poverty rate (ranked sixth among large cities 8

in the nation). 9

b. Low median household income (ranked third 10

among large cities in the nation). 11

c. Low percent of labor force participation. High 12

unemployment rates. 13

d. Poor credit, low wage incomes and high job turn-14

over among low to moderate income families. 15

e. Language barrier in providing services to non-16

English speaking residents and vice-versa. Miami 17

has a high share of foreign born residents. 18

f. 28 percent of City residents over the age of 25 had 19

less than a HS Diploma. 20

g. Highest concentration of non-elderly uninsured 21

persons in Miami-Dade County, mainly in the 22

Allapattah and Little Havana area. 23

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iii. SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS 25

a. High concentration of homeless in the City of 26

Miami. 27


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b. Large elderly population (18 percent). 1

c. Large numbers of persons with disabilities (17.9 2

percent). 3

d. High numbers of persons living with HIV/AIDS. 4

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iv. GOVERNMENT COORDINATION 6

e. Lack of a strong coordinated lobbying effort at the 7

State and National level to represent local interests. 8

f. Length of time it will take to develop a 9

coordinated policy among local government and 10

community groups. 11

g. Limited number of foundations and philanthropic 12

organization in Miami. 13

h. Need for political support and advocacy. 14

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(22) As stated in SEC2-22a, in addition. Poverty is ingratiated 16

due to these two additional areas that lack/insufficient 17

development. Separated by urgency (respectively) in two 18

categories, they are- Needs & Priorities. It is also noted 19

that District 5 has the highest entries (by #) of Needs in 20

both HOUSING and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 21

categories, amongst all Commission District in City of 22

Miami. It is well documented below: 23

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i. HOUSING (Needs) 25

a. Create affordable homeownership opportunities 26

b. Rehabilitation of existing structures 27


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c. Create affordable rental housing opportunities 1

d. Home repair assistance for the elderly 2

e. Security Deposit Assistance 3

f. Creation and preservation of affordable multi-4

family housing 5

g. Housing for the elderly and disabled 6

h. Encourage mixed-use housing developments 7

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ii. HOUSING (Priorities) 9

a. Create affordable homeownership opportunities 10

b. Rehabilitation of existing structures 11

c. Create affordable rental housing opportunities 12

d. Open to other options for affordable housing 13

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i. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (Needs) 16

a. Business development and creation 17

b. Business façade improvements 18

c. Job training and placement 19

d. Job creation 20

e. Microenterprise assistance 21

f. Technical assistance to business 22

g. Capacity building for community based 23

organizations 24

h. Code compliance for business 25

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ii. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (Priorities) 1

a. Microenterprise assistance 2

b. Technical assistance to business 3

c. Job creation 4

d. Façade improvements 5

e. Open to other facets of economic development 6

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i. PUBLIC SERVICE/SOCIAL SERVICE 8

AND SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS 9

(Needs) 10

a. Elderly Transportation 11

b. Elderly Meals 12

c. Child care and youth services 13

d. Programs for persons with developmental 14

Disabilities 15

e. Employment Training 16

f. Nutrition for Dialysis Patients 17

ii. PUBLIC SERVICE/SOCIAL SERVICE 18

AND SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS 19

(Priorities) 20

a. Child care and youth services 21

b. Elderly Meals 22

c. Employment Training 23

d. Programs for persons with developmental 24

Disabilities 25

e. Elderly Transportation 26

f. Open to other facets of public services 27


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SECTION 4. DEFINITIONS. 1

In this Act: 2

(1) FEDERAL AGENCY. – The term “Federal agency” means 3

any executive department, Government corporation, 4

Government-controlled corporation, or other 5

establishment in the executive branch of the Government 6

(including the Executive Office of the President), or any 7

independent regulatory agency. 8

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(2) POVERTY.—The term “Poverty” means an income level 10

and living standard associated with and based on the 11

official poverty measure as established and updated by 12

the U.S. Census Bureau which establishes a threshold of 13

minimum income necessary to achieve a standard of 14

living free from deprivation of basic needs. 15

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(3) EXTREME POVERTY.—The term “extreme poverty” 17

means having all income level or living standard at a 18

level of extreme deprivation based on living with income 19

below 50 percent of the Federal poverty line as 20

established by the U.S. Census. 21

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(4) NEAR POVERTY.—The term “near poverty” means having 23

a level of household income below 200 percent of the 24

Federal poverty line. 25

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(5) CHILD POVERTY.—The term “child poverty” means 1

poverty means which impacts those persons under 18 2

years of age. 3

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(6) DEPRIVATION.—The term “deprivation” means lacking 5

some or all basic human needs. 6

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(7) DECENT LIVING STANDARD.—The term “decent living 8

standard” means the amount of annual income that would 9

allow an individual to live beyond deprivation at a safe 10

and decent, but modest, standard of living. 11

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(8) ALTERNATE POVERTY MEASURES.—The term “alternate 13

poverty measures” means measures and indicators, other 14

than the traditional income based measure of poverty, 15

which can provide a more detailed picture of the low-16

income and poverty stricken populations, such as the 17

number of people who were kept above poverty by 18

Government supports, the number of people who are 19

poor due to medical expenses, child care, and work 20

expenses, the rates of food insecurity, the number of 21

people who are asset poor (with less than three months of 22

income saved), the number of disconnected youth, teen 23

birth rates, participation rates in Federal anti-poverty 24

programs for all eligible populations, and the number of 25

people who are unbanked. 26

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(9) ECONOMIC INSECURITY.—The term “economic 1

insecurity” means the inability of individuals and 2

households to cope with routine adverse or costly life 3

events and the lack of means to maintain a decent 4

standard of living and to recover from the costly 5

consequences of those events. 6

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(10) ECONOMIC STABILITY.—The term “economic stability” 8

means individuals and households have access to the 9

means and support systems necessary for proper survival 10

rates, to effectively cope with adverse or costly life 11

events and have the ability to effective recover from the 12

consequences of those events while maintaining their 13

standard of living or maintaining a decent standard of 14

living. 15

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(11) DIGITAL DIVIDE.—The term “digital divide” means the 17

gap between individuals, households, businesses and 18

geographic areas at different socio-economic levels with 19

regard to both their access information and 20

communications technologies and including the 21

imbalance both in physical access to technology and the 22

resources, education and skills needed to effectively use 23

computer technology and the Internet for a wide variety 24

of activities. 25

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(12) OUTCOMES.—The term “outcomes” means change in the 1

economic security of an individual, household or other 2

population which is attributable to a planned 3

intervention, benefit, or service or series of interventions, 4

benefits, and services, regardless of whether such an 5

intervention was intended to change such economic 6

status. 7

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(13) DISPARATE IMPACT.—The term “disparate impact” refers 9

to the historic and ongoing impacts of the pattern and 10

practice of discrimination in employment, education, 11

housing, banking and nearly every other aspect of 12

American life in the economy, society or culture that 13

have an adverse impact on minorities, women, or other 14

protected groups, regardless of whether such practices 15

were motivated by discriminatory intent. 16

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(14) ABLE-BODIED, SCHOOL-ELIGIBLE ADULT.—The term 18

“able-bodied, school-eligible adult” means an individual 19

who— 20

i. Is more than 17, and less than 63, years of age; 21

ii. Is not the full-time caretaker of a disabled adult 22

dependent 23

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(15) FAMILY WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—The term “family 25

with dependent children” means a unit consisting of a 26

family head, one or more dependent children, and in 27


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some cases, the married spouse of the family head, all of 1

whom share meals and reside within a single household. 2

There may not be more than one family with dependent 3

children within a single household. 4

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(16) FAMILY HEAD.—The term “family head” means— 6

i. A biological parent who is lawfully present in the 7

United States and resides within a household with 8

one or more dependent children who are biological 9

offspring; or 10

ii. In the absence of a biological parent, a step parent, 11

guardian, or adult relative who resides with and 12

provides care to the child or the children and is 13

lawfully present in the United States. 14

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(17) FAMILY UNIT.—The term “family unit” means— 16

i. An adult residing without dependent children; 17

ii. A single-headed family with dependent children; 18

iii. A married couple family with dependent children; 19

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(18) MARRIED COUPLE FAMILY WITH DEPENDENT 21

CHILDREN.—The term “married couple family with 22

dependent children” means a family with dependent 23

children which has both a family head and married 24

spouse of the family head residing with the family. 25

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(19) MARRIED SPOUSE OF THE FAMILY HEAD.—The term 1

“married spouse of the family head” means the lawfully 2

married spouse of the family head who resides with the 3

family head and dependent children and is lawfully 4

present in the United States. 5

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(20) MEMBER OF A FAMILY.—The term “member of a family” 7

means the family head, married spouse if present, and all 8

dependent children within a family with dependent 9

children. 10

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(21) SINGLE-HEADED FAMILY WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—12

The term “single-headed family with dependent children” 13

means a family with dependent children which contains a 14

family head residing with the family but does not have a 15

married spouse of the family head residing with the 16

family. 17

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(22) SUPERVISED EDUCATION ACTIVITIES means an 19

educational enhancement component which has the 20

following characteristics: 21

i. The supervised education activity occurs at 22

an official location where the recipient’s 23

presence and activity can be directly 24

observed, supervised, and/or monitored. 25


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ii. The recipient’s entry, time on-site, and exit 1

from the education activity site is recorded 2

in a manner which prevents fraud. 3

iii. The recipient is expected to remain and 4

undertake education activities at the 5

supervised education activity site, except for 6

brief, authorized departures for specified 7

off-site educational assignments. 8

iv. The amount of time the recipient is observed 9

and monitored engaging in education 10

activities at the “official location” is 11

recorded for purposes of compliance with 12

Sec. 29. 13

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(23) EDUCATION ACTIVATION means— 15

i. Supervised in-class time. 16

ii. Community service projects. 17

iii. Education Training for individuals who are 18

family hands or married spouses of family 19

heads. 20

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(24) WORK ACTIVITIES.—The term “work activities means 22

actual education, education activation, or a combination 23

of both actual education and education activation. 24

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(25) WORK ELIGIBLE FAMILY UNIT.—The term “work eligible 26

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i. An able-bodied, work eligible adult without 1

dependent children; 2

ii. A work eligible single-headed family with 3

dependent children; or 4

iii. A work eligible married couple family with 5

dependent children. 6

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(26) WORK ELIGIBLE ADULT WITHOUT DEPENDENT 8

CHILDREN.—The term “work eligible adult without 9

dependent children” means an individual who— 10

i. Is an able-bodied work eligible individual; and 11

ii. Is not a family head or the married spouse of a 12

family head. 13

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(27) WORK ELIGIBLE MARRIED COUPLE FAMILY WITH 15

DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—The term “work eligible 16

married couple family with dependent children” means a 17

married couple with dependent children which contains 18

at least one work eligible able-bodied adult who is— 19

i. The family head; or 20

ii. The married spouse of the family head. 21

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(28) WORK ELIGIBLE SINGLE HEADED FAMILY WITH 23

DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—The term “work eligible single 24

headed family with dependent children” means a single 25

headed family with dependent children which has a 26

family head who is an able bodied work eligible adult.”. 27


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(29) HOLISTIC.— The approach of addressing as a whole 1

functioning part, in working as a whole system and not 2

separate parts. 3

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SECTION 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OSIRIS 1

PRINCIPLE 2

I. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OSIRIS 3

PRINCIPLE— 4

i. Develop, within 180 days of enactment, a 5

focused National Plan or Strategy that only 6

spans to Inner-City and Rural Communities 7

(specifically), to reduce the number of 8

persons in Poverty in America in half within 9

10 years of the release of the 2011 Census 10

report on Income, Poverty, and Medicaid 11

Insurance Coverage in the United States: 12

2010, that includes goals and objectives 13

relating to— 14

1. Reducing in half the number of 15

Americans within Inner-City/Rural 16

Communities on Government 17

Assistance, by creating a 1-YR 18

Remedial Development Program, a 5-19

YR Transitional Phase and Exit-20

Protocol/Exit-Modulation Program 21

via the implementation of Education 22

Standards to be complied with. 23

a. as reported by the 2011 Census 24

report on Income, Poverty and 25


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Health Insurance Coverage in 1

the United States: 2010; 2

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2. eliminating child poverty within 4

Inner-City/Rural Communities in 5

America 6

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3. eliminating extreme poverty within 8

Inner-City/Rural Communities in 9

America 10

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4. improving the effectiveness and 12

outcomes of Poverty related programs 13

by improving our understanding of 14

the root causes of Poverty, Social 15

Inequality, Hate, Fear, Miseducation; 16

the Social, Economic and Cultural 17

contributors to persistent 18

intergenerational Poverty; 19

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5. improving the measure of poverty to 21

include more indicators and measures 22

that can meaningfully account for 23

other aspects relating to the measure 24

of poverty such as regional 25

differences in costs of living, the 26

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the impact of the persistent “digital 1

divide”, expand the understanding of 2

poverty by distinguishing a standard 3

that measures a standard of economic 4

adequacy provided by a living wage 5

and access to a decent living standard, 6

and the impact of Poverty on other 7

measures of economic stability and 8

economic outcomes, such as 9

educational attainment, rates of 10

incarceration, lifetime earnings, 11

access to healthcare, healthcare 12

outcomes, access to housing, 13

HIV/AIDS Awareness, and including 14

other measures as necessary to 15

improve our understanding of why 16

Poverty persists in America; 17

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6. eliminating the disparate rates of 19

poverty based on race, ethnicity, 20

gender, age, or sexual orientation and 21

identity, especially among children in 22

those Inner-City/Rurally-bases 23

households so impacted; 24

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7. measuring effectiveness of poverty 26

related programs on the basis of long 27


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term outcomes, including the long 1

term savings and value of preventive 2

practice and policy, and employing 3

fact based measures of programs to 4

make improvements; 5

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8. improving the enrollment and exit rate 7

of such benefit programs, reducing 8

the amount of Government Funding 9

spent on Government Assistance 10

Programs (annually), improving the 11

rates of educational enrollment within 12

Inner-City/Rural Communities for all 13

eligible recipients to maximize the 14

impact of benefits in part as it aids the 15

reduction of poverty and improving 16

economic outcomes; 17

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9. Restructuring of base guidelines to 19

receiving Government Assistance 20

(Education Requirement adhered), to 21

promote increased financial outcomes 22

and in-kind, relief of financial 23

burdens on programs addressing 24

poverty in the Federal Government 25

(specifically Government Assistance 26

programs); 27


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10. Improving the access of poor, low-2

income, and the unemployed to good 3

jobs with adequate wages and 4

benefits; 5

11. Expanding and stabilizing poor and 6

low income persons connection to 7

work and school 8

9

12. Developing a comprehensive strategy 10

to connect low-income young people, 11

and to re-connect currently 12

disconnected youth to Education 13

(primarily), as it promotes increased 14

levels of work, community support; 15

and 16

17

13. Shifting the focus of Government 18

programs across the Federal 19

Government beyond the relief of 20

deprivation to instead setting exit 21

protocol goals, measures, and 22

outcomes related to helping 23

individuals and families rise up and 24

out of poverty non-arbitrarily, while 25

achieving planned long term 26

economic stability which will reduce 27


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long term costs in domestic 1

Government Assistance programs, 2

reduce long term healthcare costs due 3

to the improved health and access 4

services of poverty stricken 5

households, creating a harmonious 6

system between retentive and turn-7

over of the enrollment and costs in the 8

Government Assistance Program, thus 9

improving the economy and reducing 10

long term for Federal, State, Local & 11

Tax-Payers alike. 12

13

a. Oversee, coordinate, and 14

integrate all policies and 15

activities of the Federal 16

Government Assistance 17

Programs, in coordination and 18

consultation with the Secretary 19

of Agriculture and all 20

accredited agencies relating to 21

reducing the number of 22

individuals, families, and 23

children living below the 24

Federal poverty line, in extreme 25

poverty or near poverty and 26

increasing the number of 27


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households able to achieve 1

long-term economic stability 2

with assets sufficient to 3

maintain a decent living 4

standard without relying on 5

public Government 6

Assistance/support— 7

8

b. Economic, commercial, and 9

programmatic policies that can 10

effect or relieve the effects of 11

poverty through job creation, 12

and economic development 13

targeted to low income, 14

minority, rural, urban, and 15

other populations who suffer 16

disparate rates of poverty, due 17

to such elements as the “digital 18

divide:”, among Federal 19

Agencies. 20

21

c. Funding from the reduction of 22

poverty stricken households 23

that apply to receive 24

Government Assistance shall 25

be focused and redirected into 26

developing more 27


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comprehensive strategies to 1

connect low-income young 2

people, and young adults under 3

the age of 30, to transitional 4

and support emergency 5

programs, discretionary 6

economic programs, and other 7

policies and activities necessary 8

to ensure that the Federal 9

Government Assistance 10

program is able to mount 11

effective responses to 12

uncontrollable economic 13

downturns and increases in the 14

rates of poverty; 15

16

d. ensure that all relevant Federal 17

Agencies and congressional 18

committees comply with 19

appropriate guidelines, policies, 20

and directives submitted from 21

the I-S-I-S Foundation and 22

every other subsequent 23

governing board charged (under 24

I-S-I-S) to its respective Inner-25

City/Rural Community Zone, 26

with responsibility relating to 27


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poverty reduction or improving 1

governmental economic 2

stability and independence; 3

4

e. ensure that Federal agencies 5

have access to, receive, and 6

appropriately disseminate best 7

practices in the administration 8

of programs, have adequate 9

resources to maximize the 10

public awareness of programs, 11

increase the reach of those 12

programs, especially into 13

historically disenfranchised 14

communities, maximize 15

enrollment for all eligible 16

Americans, share all relevant 17

data, and issue relevant 18

guidance in consultation with 19

non-government organizations 20

and policy experts in the field 21

and State and local government 22

officials who administer or 23

direct policy for anti-poverty 24

programs in increasing and 25

maximizing the enrollment into 26

and administration of programs 27


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and services designed to 1

alleviate poverty; and enact 2

best practices for improved data 3

collection, relevant to— 4

i. reducing poverty within 5

Inner-City Communities; 6

ii. reducing near poverty 7

within Inner-City 8

Communities 9

iii. reducing extreme poverty 10

within Inner-City 11

Communities 12

iv. reducing the racial, 13

ethnic, age, gender, and 14

sexual orientation or 15

sexual identity based 16

disparities in the rates of 17

poverty; 18

v. the effectiveness and 19

efficiency of programs; 20

vi. streamlining enrollment 21

and eligibility for 22

programs; 23

vii. improving long term 24

outcomes for programs 25

viii. reducing reliance on 26

public programs 27


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ix. improving connections to 1

work; 2

x. improving economic 3

stability, via reducing 4

payroll costs and other 5

major costs of businesses 6

(see original Osiris 7

Principle diagram); 8

xi. improving savings and 9

investment, access to 10

capital, increasing rates 11

of entrepreneurship; 12

xii. improving access to 13

higher living wage 14

employment; 15

xiii. improving access to 16

employment based 17

benefits; and 18

xiv. improving access to 19

educational based 20

benefits. 21

22

23

24

25


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SECTION 3. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION 1

A. EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS – 2

I. In General. – No able-bodied “standard school 3

eligible” adult shall be eligible to participate in the 4

Government Assistance Program if the individual 5

– 6

a. refuses, at time of application and every 12 7

months thereafter, to register for school in a 8

manner as prescribed in SEC. 29. 9

b. Refuses without good cause to complete 10

required lab/study hours at 3-month interval 11

checks 12

c. Is dismissed from school while in receipt of 13

Financial Aid 14

15

B. FAMILY UNIT INELIBILITY 16

I. If an able-bodied work eligible adult is ineligible 17

to participate in the Government Assistance 18

Program because of subparagraph (A), then no 19

other member of the Family Unit to which that 20

adult is a family head, shall be eligible to 21

participate. 22

C. DURATION OF INELIGIBILITY 23

I. An able-bodied work eligible adult who becomes 24

ineligible under Subparagraph (A), and members 25


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of the family unit who become ineligible under 1

Subparagraph (B), all shall remain ineligible for 2

the duration of time until the family head is 3

reinstated into a school institution, with good 4

standings. 5

6

D. RESTORATION OF ELIGIBILITY 7

I. At the petition of reinstatement of Government 8

Assistance Benefits from ineligibility under 9

Subsection (C), members a work eligible family 10

unit may have their eligibility to participate in the 11

Government Assistance Program restored, if – 12

i. the family unit is no longer work eligible 13

family unit; or 14

ii. the adult members of the family unit begin 15

and maintain any combination of 16

“Supervised Education” and “Education 17

Activities”, sufficient to meet to appropriate 18

Standards for resumption of benefits in (In 19

Section# here). 20

21

E. STRIKE AGAINST A SCHOOLING INSTITUTION – 22

I. For the purpose of Subparagraph (Insert Section 23

#), a student of a Federal Government, State, or 24

Political Subdivision of a State, that attends an 25

private/public accredited schooling institution, 26

who is dismissed for participating in a strike 27


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against the Federal Government, State, or Political 1

Subdivision of a State shall be considered to have 2

voluntarily quit without good cause. 3

F. STRIKING STUDENTS INELIGIBLE – 4

I. Notwithstanding any other person of law, no 5

member of a family unit shall participate in the 6

Government Assistance Program at any time that 7

any able-bodied school eligible adult member of 8

such household is on strike as defined in the Labor 9

Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 142 10

(2)), because of a labor dispute (other than a 11

lockout), as defined In Section 2 (9) of the 12

National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152 (9)): 13

Provided, That a family unit shall not lose its 14

eligibility to participate in the Government 15

Assistance Program as a result of one of its 16

members going on strike if the household was 17

eligible immediately prior to such strike, however, 18

such family unit shall not receive an increased 19

allotment as the result of a decrease in the income 20

of the striking member or members of the 21

household: Provided further, That such 22

ineligibility shall not apply to any family unit that 23

does not contain a member on strike, if any of its 24

members refuses to comply with gauged education 25

standards at an education site because of a strike or 26

lockout.”. 27


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SECTION 29. EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS AND 1

ACTIVATION PROGRAM 2

I. EDUCATION ACTIVIATION STANDARDS— 3

i. Family units with Family Head’s that are 4

required to participate in “Education 5

Activation” under this Section must also 6

adhere to Section 4. 6-YR STANDARD—7

PREGNANCY AND SUSTAINABILITY 8

MEASURES. 9

ii. Family units with adult members that are 10

required to participate in “Education 11

Activation” as requirement to continue 12

participating/receiving Government 13

Assistance benefits shall be expected to 14

fulfill the following levels of “Education 15

Activation”: 16

17

1. Each able-bodied work eligible 18

adult without dependent 19

children shall be required to 20

perform “Education Activities” 21

at the following levels: 22

a. Full-Time 23

Enrollment. 4 classes that 24

total a minimum of 12 25


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credits to be considered 1

“Full-Time Enrollment”. 2

b. Three-Quarter 3

Time Enrollment. 3 4

classes that total a 5

minimum of 9 credits, to 6

be considered “Three-7

Quarter Time 8

Enrollment”. 9

c. Half-Time 10

Enrollment. 2 classes in 11

addition to classes that 12

total 8 credits (if 13

applicable), to be 14

considered “Half-Time 15

Enrollment”. 16

17

2. Each family head of a work 18

eligible single-headed family 19

with dependent children shall 20

be required to perform 21

“Education Activities” at the 22

following levels: 23

a. Three-Quarter 24

Time Enrollment. 3 25

classes that total a 26

minimum of 9 credits, to 27


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be considered “Three-1

Quarter Time 2

Enrollment”. 3

4

b. Half-Time 5

Enrollment. 2 classes in 6

addition to classes that 7

total 8 credits (if 8

applicable), to be 9

considered “Half-Time 10

Enrollment”. 11

12

c. As a family head 13

of a work eligible single-14

headed family with 15

dependent children; the 16

focus of this Bill is to 17

keep as much time 18

devoted in-house to the 19

development of the 20

Family Structure, as 21

possible. Hence Sec. 2 22

(i), is not applicable to 23

this work-eligible family 24

unit type, as it seems to 25

reduce the optimal in-26


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house time standards 1

trying to be imposed. 2

3

3. In each work eligible married 4

couple family w/ dependent 5

children, the family head and 6

married spouse shall be 7

required to perform “education 8

activities” which when added 9

together for the two adults, the 10

family head must comply with 11

standards as referenced in Sec. 12

29. (1)(a). Provided, that with 13

the family head adhering to 14

Sec. 29.(1)(a)., the married 15

spouse of the family head must 16

adhere to Sec. 29. (1)(c). 17

18

19

20

21

22

23


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SECTION 829. WORK REQUIREMENTS AND 1

ACTIVATION PROGRAM 2

I. EMPLOYMENT & WORK ACTIVIATION 3

STANDARDS— 4

i. Family units with adult members that are 5

required to participate in “Work Activation” 6

as requirement to continue 7

participating/receiving Government 8

Assistance benefits during a full month shall 9

be expected to fulfill the following levels of 10

“Work Activity” during that month: 11

12

1. Each able-bodied work eligible adult 13

without dependent children shall be 14

required to perform “Work Activities” 15

for at least 80 hours per month. 16

2. Each family head of a work eligible 17

single-headed family with dependent 18

children shall be required to perform 19

“Work Activities” for at least 80 20

hours per month. 21

3. In each work eligible married couple 22

family with dependent children, the 23

family head and married spouse shall 24

be required to perform work activities 25

which when added together for the 26


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two adults, equal at least 160 hours 1

per month: Provided, That the 160 2

hour requirement shall be a single 3

joint obligation for the married couple 4

as a whole in which the activities of 5

both married partners shall be 6

combined together and counted 7

jointly. 8

a. Neither the family 9

head nor the married 10

spouse in a married 11

couple with dependent 12

children shall be subject 13

to separate work 14

activation requirements 15

as individuals. 16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23


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SECTION 4. 5-YR OR 6-YR STANDARD— 1

PREGNANCY AND SUSTAINABILITY MEASURES 2

I. PURPOSE OF INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY 3

PLANS 5-YR/6-YR STANDARD— In correlation 4

with Education being made an additional 5

component to the base requirements and 6

continuation of receiving Government Assistance 7

benefits, the separating difference lies in the 8

Government Assistance recipient already 9

having/not having a HS Diploma. Such that all 10

Government Assistance recipients must adhere to 11

the following: 12

13

i. ASSESSMENT.—As a part of the 14

applicable standard to be entered on 15

agreeance upon (Sec 4.5. II), this part shall 16

make an initial assessment of the skills, prior 17

work experience, and employability of each 18

recipient of assistance under the program 19

who— 20

1. Has attained 18 years of age; 21

2. Or has not completed high school or 22

obtained a certificate of high school 23

equivalency, and is not attending 24

secondary school. 25

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45 | O s i r i s

ii. CONTENTS OF PLANS.— 1

1. IN GENERAL.—On the basis of the 2

assessment made under subsection (i) 3

with respect to an individual, the State 4

agency in consultation with the 5

individual, may develop an individual 6

responsibility plan for the individual, 7

which— 8

a. Sets forth an employment goal 9

for the individual and a plan for 10

moving the individual 11

immediately into private sector 12

employment; 13

b. Sets forth the obligations of the 14

individual, which may include 15

a requirement that the 16

individual attend school, 17

maintain certain grades and 18

attendance, keep school age 19

children of the individual in 20

school, immunize children, 21

attend parenting, money 22

management and social 23

development classes, or do 24

other things that will help the 25

individual become and remain 26

employed in the private sector; 27


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c. To the greatest extent possible 1

is designed to move the 2

individual into whatever private 3

sector employment the 4

individual is capable of 5

handling as quickly as possible, 6

and to gradually increase the 7

responsibility and amount of 8

work the individual is to handle 9

over time; 10

d. May require the individual to 11

undergo appropriate substance 12

abuse treatment. 13

e. All Individual Responsibility 14

Plans will be forwarded to 15

designated personnel within the 16

Secretary of Agriculture’s 17

office. 18

19

2. TIMING.—The State Agency may 20

comply with paragraph (i) with 21

respect to an individual— 22

a. Within 30 days (or, at the 23

option of the State, 90 days) 24

after the individual is 25

determined to be eligible for 26


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such assistance, in the case of 1

any other individual. 2

3

iii. PENALTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE BY 4

INDIVIDUAL.—In addition to any other 5

penalties required under the State program, 6

the State may reduce, by such amount as the 7

State considers appropriate, the amount of 8

assistance otherwise payable under the State 9

program to a family that includes an 10

individual who fails without good cause to 11

comply with an individual responsibility 12

plan signed by the individual. Is this too 13

vague? 14

15

II. As basic cognitive skills needed for greater level 16

workforce achievement are obtained during High 17

School years— 18

i. If the Government Assistance recipient does 19

not have a High School Diploma, then they 20

will be shunted to follow the 6-YR 21

STANDARD. 22

ii. If the Government Assistance recipient does 23

have a High School Diploma; within the 5-24

YR Standard; Year 1-5 is dedicated to the 25

attainment of the specific degree as stated in 26

this Section. It is also mandatory that all 27


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Family Unit’s adhere to this Section as well 1

as Sec 29. EDUCATION 2

REQUIREMENTS AND ACTIVATION 3

PROGRAM. 4

5

III. PURPOSE OF 6-YR STANDARD— In 6

correlation with Education being made an 7

additional component to the base requirements and 8


benefits, this Section is to provide the level of 10

modulation in pursuing specified degree. Within 11

the 6-YR Standard; Year 0-1 is solely dedicated to 12

remedial training of Inner-City Individuals in the 13

subjects of need as mentioned in Section 2.(22)(J) 14

for preparation in GED Testing and Passing. Year 15

1-5 is dedicated to the attainment of the specific 16

degree as stated in this Section. It is also necessary 17

that all Family Unit’s adhere to this Section as well 18

as Sec 29. EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS AND 19

ACTIVATION PROGRAM. 20

21

IV. All Able-Bodied, School-Eligible Adults required 22

to follow “gauged education standards” in 23


benefits, must begin fulfilling this requirement 6 25

months after birthing of 1st offspring. 26

27


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V. Degree required to be attained as listed in this 1

Section must be completed by the time of 1st 2

offspring reaching 6 Years of Age. 3

4

VI. Such that upon an Able-Bodied, School Eligible 5

Adult becoming pregnant with the first offspring 6

does the following standard become enacted as 7

listed: 8

i. With an Able-Bodied, School-Eligible 9

becoming pregnant for the 1st-Time, each 10

individual must be in compliance with Sec 11

3.(A)(I). 12

ii. When an Able-Bodied, School Eligible 13

Adult gives birth to her 1st child, she must 14

began “Education Activation” towards 15

obtaining a consummated a 2 Year 16

(Continue Education) Degree. 17

iii. When an Able-Bodied, School Eligible 18

Adult gives birth to her 2nd

child, she must 19

began “Education Activation” that comes 20

within 75% completion towards a 21

Bachelor’s Degree. 22

iv. When an Able-Bodied, School Eligible 23

Adult gives birth to her 3rd

-4th child, she 24

must complete all Education Activation 25

towards obtaining a consummated 26

Bachelor’s Degree. 27


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SECTION 420. EXTENSION/FLEXIBILITY/PENALTY 1

I. NO ASSISTANCE EXCEEDING 5-YR/6-YR 2

STANDARD— 3

i. IN GENERAL- Any Organization duly 4

approved by the Secretary of Agriculture 5

and I-S-I-S Foundation, shall not use any 6

part of the grant to provide assistance to a 7

family that includes an adult who has 8

received assistance under any State program 9

funded under this part attributable to funds 10

provided by Government Assistance 11

Programs, for 72 months at maximum 12

(according to Standard-Plan) and whether or 13

not consecutive)) after the date the State 14

program funded under this part commences, 15

subject to this paragraph . (is this the correct 16

term of use for this Bill?) – Taken from pg. 17

33-BLOCK GRANTS FOR TANF). **All 18

time that is not counted towards the 19

fulfillment of the specified standard when an 20

individual elects the “non-reporting” status 21

(pending conforming to allowed exceptions 22

as listed) during the initial commencement 23

of applicable standard; shall be subtracted 24

from the standards term at time individual 25

elects such status, and re-added to the 26


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remainder time upon exiting “non-reporting” 1

status to thus continue fulfilling 5-YR or 6-2

YR Standard. 3

4

ii. MINOR CHILD EXECEPTION.—In 5

determining the number of months for which 6

an individual who is a parent or pregnant, 7

has received assistance under the State 8

Program funding under this part, the State 9

shall disregard any month for which such 10

assistance was provided with respect to the 11

individual and during which the individual 12

was— 13

1. a minor child; and 14

2. not the family head or the married 15

spouse of a family head 16

17

iii. HARDSHIP EXCEPTION.— 18

1. IN GENERAL.—The State may 19

exempt a Family from the application 20

of subparagraph (i) by reason of 21

hardship or if the Family includes 22

anyone who has been battered or 23

subjected to extreme cruelty. 24

2. LIMITATION.—The number of 25

Families with respect to which an 26

exemption made by a State under 27


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clause (i) is in effect for a fiscal year 1

shall not exceed 20 percent of the 2

average monthly number of Families 3

to which assistance is provided under 4

the State program funded under this 5

part. 6

7

3. BATTERED OR SUBJECT TO 8

EXTREME CRUELTY DEFINED.—9

For purposes of clause (i), an 10

individual has been battered or 11

subjected to extreme cruelty if the 12

individual has been subjected to— 13

a. Physical acts that resulted in, or 14

threatened to result in, physical 15

injury to the individual; 16

b. Sexual abuse; 17

c. Sexual activity involving a 18

dependent child 19

d. Being forced as the caretaker 20

relative of a dependent child to 21

engage in nonconsensual sexual 22

acts or activities 23

e. Threats of, or attempts at, 24

physical or sexual abuse; 25

f. Mental abuse; or 26


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g. Neglect of immediate needs or 1

deprivation of medical care 2

3

4. Each able-bodied work eligible adult 4

without dependent children shall be 5

required to perform “Work Activities” 6

for at least 80 hours per month. 7

8

5. Each family head of a work eligible 9

single-headed family with dependent 10

children shall be required to perform 11

“Work Activities” for at least 80 12

hours per month. 13

14

6. In each work eligible married couple 15

family with dependent children, the 16

family head and married spouse shall 17

be required to perform work activities 18

which when added together for the 19

two adults, equal at least 160 hours 20

per month: Provided, That the 160 21

hour requirement shall be a single 22

joint obligation for the married couple 23

as a whole in which the activities of 24

both married partners shall be 25

combined together and counted 26

jointly. 27

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