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 $28,043. % of HH with income 12K or less- 25%. 12 % with no HS Diploma (25YRS+)- 37%. % 13 Female Only HH w/ children 18 and under- 24%. 14
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 $14,910. % of HH with income 12K or less- 40%. 23 % with no HS Diploma (25YRS+)- 66%. % 24 Female Only HH w/ children 18 and under- 10%. 25
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 Income $13,212. % of HH with income 12K or 7 less- 46%. % with no HS Diploma (25YRS+)- 8 54%. % Female Only HH w/ children 18 and 9 under- 27%. 10
H. Within City of Miami- Wynwood (District 5) has a 11 total household population of 1,361. Median 12 Income $14,794. % of HH with income 12K or 13 less- 44%. % with no HS Diploma (25YRS+)- 14 74%. % Female Only HH w/ children 18 and 15 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
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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 family unit” means— 27

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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
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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 impact of rising income inequality, 27

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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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III. PURPOSE OF 6-YR STANDARD— In 6 correlation with Education being made an 7 additional component to the base requirements and 8 continuation of receiving Government Assistance 9 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
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IV. All Able-Bodied, School-Eligible Adults required 22 to follow “gauged education standards” in 23 continuation of receiving Government Assistance 24 benefits, must begin fulfilling this requirement 6 25 months after birthing of 1st offspring. 26
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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g. Neglect of immediate needs or 1 deprivation of medical care 2
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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
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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
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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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