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Sue Tabach, 301-217-2500
DUNCAN APPOINTS WELFARE REFORM
TASK FORCE For Immediate Release: February 28, 1996
With pending state and federal welfare reform on the horizon, Montgomery
County Executive Douglas M. Duncan today announced the appointment of a 45-
member task force to examine the full implications of these welfare reform
efforts on the County's local delivery system.
The task force, which has its first meeting tomorrow, will look to make
recommendations to the Executive on how the County should prepare for these
impending changes.
"The impact of welfare reform at the federal and state level will
greatly affect how we in local government respond to the needs of our
community," said Duncan. "This year alone, the State of Maryland may lose as
much as $25 to $50 million that was intended for health and human services
programs. That figure could climb as high as $6 billion by the year 2002."
The task force, co-chaired by Lincoln Dring, executive director of
Community Ministries of Montgomery County and Special Assistant to the County
Executive Susan Tabach, is comprised of health and human service advocates,
the business community, religious leaders, consumers and citizens.
"With our consolidation of health and human services, we are uniquely
positioned to respond to the changes coming out of Washington and Annapolis,"
said Duncan. "We welcome the prospects of being granted greater control, but
that control should not come with additional unfunded mandates."
Based on the task force findings, a consensus plan will be drafted by
the group to submit to County Executive Duncan by July 1, 1996.
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