Problem one: Decent quality child care is hard to find and expensive.

Problem two: People can become stuck on welfare because if they took a job, they wouldn't be able to afford day care for their children while they were away working.

Solution: Instead of simply demanding that welfare recipients "find a job or else", give them the option of taking child care training classes and then working in a day care center (or opening their own center). This gives them a valuable skill, a decent job, lets them stay with their children during the day, and gives other people a good place to leave their kids during the day.
-- Jeremi, Mar 07 2002

baked in canada: ontario works http://www.gov.on.c...vices/ontworks.html
training + welfare = a job. in theory, at least. [mihali, Mar 07 2002, last modified Oct 21 2004]

'Welfare case' does not imply 'bad person'. In any case, you would be entrusting your child to a 'well-trained ex-welfare case'.
-- Jeremi, Mar 07 2002


Somebody explain Jeremi and Jerimi2 to me....assuming they are the same person, doesn't seem to be a case of "forgot password/create another account", so what's the deal?

Oh, and here's another case of failing to select a category when posting a new idea. Go get him, Bristolz....grrrr ;-)
-- runforrestrun, Mar 07 2002


This seems pretty standard practice among the more enlightened social security systems. In Britain and many other places, the unemployed (including single mothers) can receive a variety of state-funded training. The British Labour government's "New Deal for Lone Parents" offers help with training, childcare and finding employment.

Of course, being a parent doesn't necessarily mean you could be a child-care professional. But I would say, baked.
-- pottedstu, Mar 07 2002


Peter... that's very offensive.
-- waugsqueke, Mar 07 2002


[UB] Does that mean that it the person who does the training already has 6 kids that they take one away?
-- dare99, Mar 07 2002


Yes.
-- waugsqueke, Mar 07 2002


Jeremi2 was an account that I when I mysteriously couldn't log into my Jeremi account for about 3 days straight. I figured my password for Jeremi must have been munged somehow. Then Jeremi started working again.
-- Jeremi, Mar 08 2002


Email bakesperson@halfbakery.com, and Jutta can fix it for you.
-- StarChaser, Mar 08 2002


Jeremi spoke in class today
try to forget this...
try to erase this...
from the bakery
-- thumbwax, Mar 09 2002


[admin: I've moved Jeremi2's stuff over to Jeremi and deleted Jeremi2's account.]
-- jutta, Mar 10 2002


Thanks jutta :^)
-- Jeremi, Mar 13 2002



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