2 The Daily Collegian Thursday, Aug. 28, 1997 Pittsburgh welfare recipients officials with concerns about By HEIDI RUSSELL Associated Press Writer HARRISBURG Lack of guidance from caseworkers and struggles to find child care plague those trying to move from wel fare to work, a group of Pittsburgh-area welfare recipients told state officials yes terday. About 30 members of the Mon Valley Unemployed Committee, which is studying the effects on people in Pennsylvania's revised welfare system, said they fear they will lose their benefits if they do not com ply with a list of stringent rules designed to move them into the work force. "I have to go to job training, or I get no benefits. I'm not allowed to bring my chil dren, and they don't offer child care. So then I have to get someone to watch them, but I have to pay them. Add traveling time, too," said Sherry LaGrand, a single parent with a kindergartner and a toddler. The committee collected testimony from 40 welfare recipients in the Pittsburgh region this month and issued a report to the Welfare Department outlining con cerns over "rude" caseworkers and lack of child care. Deputy Welfare Secretary Sherri Heller said caseworkers will undergo more sensi tivity training this fall, and more child care should be available by January. "The fact that you came here with prac tical recommendations means we will fol low up. They seem practical and realistic, and you're not just whining," she told the group. Under federal law, welfare recipients can receive a cash-assistance check for five years. But to remain eligible, they also must participate in work activities for a minimum of 20 hours per week after they have been receiving the assistance for two years. From March 3 to July 31, more than 32,000 welfare recipients began the transi tion to the work force, according to the Welfare Department. 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The group met with state welfare officials in Harrisburg yesterday to address concerns they and other welfare recipients have with the current system. employer and incorrectly said she had to work there for three to four months in order to continue to qualify for welfare. Parker lost the opportunity Monday, when she was to report for her first day of work. "I was dressed up, ready to go to work on Monday when I found out the people found somebody else," she said. In addition, the group said that when sin- Lose something? Check at the HUB De gle parents move from job training pro grams into entry-level, part-time „jobs, they lose child care grants. Heller agreed, saying that when a wel fare recipient takes a job but is still accepting welfare, he or she no longer qualifies for a child care grant and must pay those expenses out of earnings. Once the recipient gets off welfare, he or she qualifies for a grant that covers 12 confront state the system 300 S. PUGH ST. 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