LePage talks privatization of work program during town hall meeting

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Source: Bangor Daily News

FARMINGDALE, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage said Tuesday during his weekly town meeting tour that he is moving forward with the privatization of the state’s ASPIRE program because Maine is failing to meet federal work requirements for the program’s participants.

The move would eliminate about 70 state jobs.

ASPIRE is a welfare-to-work program that is linked to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which distributes cash benefits. It is designed to help Mainers identify and develop their employability skills and ultimately, find jobs. Participants in the program must meet federal work participation requirements but haven’t dating back to at least 2007, which according to the LePage administration makes Maine vulnerable to federal penalties.

Opponents have argued that the fines have never been called due and that the federal government has been satisfied by the state making progress.

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Read more: http://bangordailynews.com/2016/02/09/politics/lepage-talks-privatization-of-work-program-during-town-hall-meeting/

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So who gets lucrative contract?

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1. A donator...

of course.

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2. Great strategy: underfund and understaff it and then hot potato it off as "not working right".

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3. Yes, that's become the standard GOPer move to enrichen their donors