| 00:00:38 | >> OHIOANS ARE BEING TOSSED OFF
THE STATE'S WELFARE ROLLS |
| 00:00:46 | BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT MEETING
WORK REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE SET |
| 00:00:48 | BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND THERE'S SERIOUS CONCERN |
| 00:00:50 | ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM,
AND THOSE WHO ARE NEXT TO BE |
| 00:00:52 | KICKED OFF.
AND IN HIS STATE OF THE STATE |
| 00:00:54 | SPEECH, THE GOVERNOR PROMISED A
STATEWIDE BROADBAND NETWORK THAT |
| 00:00:57 | MOVES AT LIGHTSPEED.
WE'LL HEAR FROM THE EXPERTS |
| 00:00:59 | ABOUT HOW IT'LL WORK.
ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF |
| 00:01:02 | OHIO."
IN THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION |
| 00:01:08 | YEAR, WELFARE REFORM HAS BECOME
A BIG ISSUE. |
| 00:01:10 | REPUBLICAN NOMINEE MITT ROMNEY
BROUGHT IT UP IN A CAMPAIGN AD, |
| 00:01:13 | SAYING THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA IS
GUTTING WELFARE REFORM. |
| 00:01:16 | >> ON JULY 12, PRESIDENT OBAMA
QUIETLY ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO GOT |
| 00:01:24 | WELFARE REFORM >> THAT GOT A
"PANTS ON FIRE" RATING FROM |
| 00:01:29 | POLITIFACT, WHICH NOTED THAT THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN |
| 00:01:32 | MAKING CHANGES IN FEDERAL
TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY |
| 00:01:34 | FAMILIES AT THE REQUEST OF
STATES THAT WANTED SOME |
| 00:01:36 | FLEXIBILITY IN MEETING WORK
REQUIREMENTS INSTITUTED IN |
| 00:01:40 | WELFARE REFORM PASSED IN 1996.
11 STATES, INCLUDING OHIO, |
| 00:01:45 | FAILED TO MEET WORK
REQUIREMENTS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, |
| 00:01:47 | AND IT'S ONE OF THREE THAT IS
FACING PENALTIES IF 50% OF THOSE |
| 00:01:52 | WHO ARE ON CASH ASSISTANCE
AREN'T WORKING OR IN JOB |
| 00:01:55 | TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR 30 HOURS A
WEEK FOR SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES, |
| 00:01:59 | AND 55 HOURS A WEEK FOR TWO-
PARENT FAMILIES. |
| 00:02:02 | THE STATE ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH
THAT 151,000 OHIOANS WERE |
| 00:02:08 | RECEIVING CASH ASSISTANCE.
THAT'S DOWN FROM 230,000 IN |
| 00:02:11 | MID-2010, WHEN THE CASELOAD
PEAKED, AND THAT'S ALSO THE |
| 00:02:14 | LOWEST NUMBER SINCE WELFARE
REFORM WAS SIGNED 16 YEARS AGO. |
| 00:02:17 | THE STATE JOB AND FAMILY
SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT |
| 00:02:22 | DROP OF 79,000 COMES BECAUSE OF
OHIO'S IMPROVING ECONOMY, NEW |
| 00:02:27 | STATE AND FEDERAL LIMITS ON HOW
LONG PEOPLE CAN GET CASH |
| 00:02:30 | ASSISTANCE, AND THE STATE'S
CONTINUING CRACKDOWN ON THOSE |
| 00:02:34 | WHO DON'T MEET FEDERAL WORK
REQUIREMENTS. |
| 00:02:36 | BUT THOSE WHO WORK WITH
RECIPIENTS WHO ARE IN DANGER OF |
| 00:02:39 | LOSING THAT ASSISTANCE IN THE
FUTURE ARE VERY WORRIED ABOUT |
| 00:02:41 | WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM IF
THEY DO. |
| 00:02:43 | IN APRIL, I SAT DOWN WITH FOUR
EXPERTS TO TALK ABOUT HOW OR IF |
| 00:02:48 | WELFARE REFORM IS WORKING.
MICHAEL COLBERT, DIRECTOR OF |
| 00:02:51 | THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND
FAMILY SERVICES. |
| 00:02:54 | JOEL POTTS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES |
| 00:02:56 | DIRECTORS' ASSOCIATION, WHICH
WORKS WITH COUNTY OFFICES |
| 00:02:59 | AROUND THE STATE.
PHIL COLE WITH THE OHIO |
| 00:03:02 | ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ACTION
AGENCIES, REPRESENTING 50 |
| 00:03:05 | OFFICES WORKING WITH LOW INCOME
OHIOANS. |
| 00:03:06 | AND JACK FRECH, DIRECTOR OF THE
ATHENS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF JOB |
| 00:03:11 | AND FAMILY SERVICES, WHO JOINED
US THROUGH THE FACILITIES OF |
| 00:03:14 | WOUB IN ATHENS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHO IS BEING |
| 00:03:20 | REMOVED FROM THE WELFARE ROLE.
ARE THESE LONG TERM UNEMPLOYED |
| 00:03:26 | PEOPLE?
ARE THEY PEOPLE WHO YOU FEEL ARE |
| 00:03:29 | NOT USING THE SYSTEM AND NOT
DOING MORE OR TRYING HARDER? |
| 00:03:33 | >> KAREN, KEEP IN MIND THE BULK
OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LEAVING |
| 00:03:39 | CASH ASSISTANCE ARE NOT DUD E TO
SANCTIONS. |
| 00:03:48 | 64% ARE DUE TO INCOMING
VERIFICATION CHANGE. |
| 00:03:55 | MAYBE THEY GOT A PART-TIME JOB
OR MAYBE THERE WAS A LEVEL OF |
| 00:03:59 | LIFE STYLE CHANGE, OR SOME OTHER
REASON OTHER THAN SANCTIONING. |
| 00:04:04 | WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD SANCTIONS.
>> BUT YOU ARE DOING THIS AND |
| 00:04:10 | PEOPLE ARE BEING REMOVED BECAUSE
THEY ARE NOT MEETING THE WORK |
| 00:04:14 | REQUIREMENTS.
>> THEY ARE BEING REMOVED FOR |
| 00:04:18 | NOT COMPLYING WITH THE
REQUIREMENTS. |
| 00:04:22 | WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT, THEY HAVE
A REQUIREMENT. |
| 00:04:26 | WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT TO IN
FORCE THE JOB REQUIREMENTS. |
| 00:04:32 | IF THERE IS A MESSAGE OUT THERE,
IT REALLY IS TO COMPLY SO WE CAN |
| 00:04:37 | HELP THEM AND HELP THE SYSTEM.
>> ISN'T THAT EASY TO SAY? |
| 00:04:43 | ISN'T THAT HARD TO DO IN SOME
PARTS OF THE STATE WHERE YOU |
| 00:04:49 | HAVE DOUBLE DIGIT IMPLEMENT?
>> OF COURSE. |
| 00:04:52 | THE MAJORITY OF CLIENTS THAT
CAME TO AGENCIES ACTUALLY HAD A |
| 00:04:59 | JOB.
NOW MOST PEOPLE WE SEE ARE |
| 00:05:05 | UNEMPLOYED.
THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND |
| 00:05:07 | SOMETHING BUT THERE IS NOTHING
OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. |
| 00:05:11 | >> THAT IS CERTAINLY THE CASE
OUT IN ATHENS WHERE YOU ARE, |
| 00:05:15 | JACK.
>> ONE OF THE MAJOR POINT |
| 00:05:20 | MISSING IN THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION
IS WHAT LIFE IS LIKE FOR THESE |
| 00:05:23 | PEOPLE LIVING ON PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE. |
| 00:05:26 | WE TALK ABOUT THIS BENEFIT THAT
THEY HAVE AND I DO NOT THINK THE |
| 00:05:31 | GENERAL PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT $450 A MONTH. |
| 00:05:38 | ANOTHER $500 IN FOOD STAMPS.
WE ARE SUPPORTING THESE FOLKS AT |
| 00:05:44 | LESS THAN HALF THE POVERTY
LEVEL. |
| 00:05:47 | WE ARE ASKING THEM TO DO 30
HOURS OF WORK WEEK FOR THAT. |
| 00:05:52 | WITH THE AMOUNT OF INCOME THEY
HAVE COME TO THESE FOLKS CANNOT |
| 00:05:56 | AFFORD RENT OR UTILITIES OR MEET
THEIR BASIC NEEDS. |
| 00:06:01 | WE ARE LEANING SO HEAVILY ON
THIS RESPONSIBILITY THAT THEY |
| 00:06:06 | HAVE, BUT WE MAKE NO MENTION
ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE |
| 00:06:11 | TO MAKE SURE THESE FOLKS HAVE
THEIR BASIC NEEDS MET IN THE |
| 00:06:15 | FIRST PLACE.
SECONDLY, THEY HAVE THE MEANS TO |
| 00:06:18 | GET TO WORK CAME BACK THAT IS
THE BIGGEST BARRIER THAT THESE |
| 00:06:24 | FOLKS ARE FACING RIGHT NOW.
WE DO NOT REALLY WANT TO TALK |
| 00:06:28 | ABOUT THE BARRIER OF WELFARE
REFORM IN THAT REGARD TO DEAL |
| 00:06:32 | WITH THE BASIC ISSUE OF KEEPING
FAMILIES TOGETHER AND PROVIDING |
| 00:06:37 | A BASIC LEVEL OF ASSISTANT.
>> ISN'T THE FACT THAT THEIR |
| 00:06:44 | INCOME IS SO LOW, IT ISN'T THAT
A MOTIVATOR FOR THEM TO GO WORK? |
| 00:06:48 | >> WHERE IS THE JOB GOING TO BE?
PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE |
| 00:06:56 | REAL COST OF LIVING.
JACK'S GOT IT. |
| 00:06:59 | WHEN THEY GET $450, THAT PAYS
FOR THE COST OF TRANSPORTATION |
| 00:07:06 | BUT IT DOES NOT PAY FOR ANYTHING
ELSE. |
| 00:07:08 | IT DOES NOT PAY TO LIVE.
YOU HAVE NO JOB AND THIS LEVEL |
| 00:07:15 | OF MONEY THAT DOES NOT PAY FOR
ANYTHING. |
| 00:07:19 | >> CASH ASSISTANCE ALONE IS NOT
THE ONLY BENEFIT. |
| 00:07:23 | THEY GET CASH ASSISTANCE,
MEDICAID AND FOOD STAMPS, |
| 00:07:28 | PROBABLY ON A LEVEL OF
SUBSIDIZED RENT. |
| 00:07:32 | WHAT I AM SAYING IS, ONE, WE ARE
NOT SAYING THERE ARE JOBS OUT |
| 00:07:38 | THERE.
WE ARE SAYING YOU HAVE TO DO A |
| 00:07:41 | WORK ACTIVITY THAT INVOLVES YOU
LEAVING YOUR HOME. |
| 00:07:45 | IN MOST CASES WE HAVE SUBSIDIZED
TRANSPORTATION OR SOME LEVEL OF |
| 00:07:51 | COUNTY SUBSIDIZED
TRANSPORTATION. |
| 00:07:53 | THEN YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND
LEARN A SKILL. |
| 00:07:57 | IT DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE GOING
TO GET A PAID JOB BUT YOU ARE |
| 00:08:01 | GETTING A CASH BENEFIT SO YOU
MIGHT BE DOING COMMUNITY SERVICE |
| 00:08:06 | OR SOME LEVEL OF JOB PLACEMENT
EDUCATION. |
| 00:08:10 | >> IS IS YOUR OBLIGATION HELP
PEOPLE GET THE TRAINING FOR THE |
| 00:08:16 | JOBS THAT ARE OUT THERE?
ARE YOU DOING ENOUGH OF THAT? |
| 00:08:20 | >> YOU NEVER DO ENOUGH.
POVERTY IS A HUGE PROBLEM. |
| 00:08:26 | AS A GOVERNMENT THE WORST THING
WE CAN DO IS NOT SET WILL |
| 00:08:30 | EXPECTATIONS.
30 HOURS IS PROBABLY FEWER HOURS |
| 00:08:35 | THAN THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
WORK ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE |
| 00:08:39 | WORKING FOR MINIMUM WAGE.
IN OHIO, WE HAVE A THREE-YEAR |
| 00:08:45 | TIME LIMIT.
THREE YEARS IS A LONG TIME TO |
| 00:08:48 | NOT HAVE A JOB OR RAISING YOUR
KIDS IN POVERTY. |
| 00:08:52 | THE CLOCK IS TICKING ON THESE
INDIVIDUALS. |
| 00:08:55 | FAMILIES ARE GOING TO NEED TO DO
SOMETHING TO BE IN BETTER |
| 00:09:00 | POSITION TO CARE FOR THEIR KIDS.
AT THE END OF THAT THREE YEARS, |
| 00:09:05 | MOST OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE
GOING TO LOSE THEIR CASH |
| 00:09:09 | ASSISTANCE.
$450 IS NOT A LOT OF MONEY. |
| 00:09:14 | BEING ON WELFARE -- YOU DO NOT
GET THIS HUGE WINDFALL OF |
| 00:09:20 | AVAILABLE CASH.
BUT THEY WILL LOSE ACCESS TO |
| 00:09:23 | THAT $450 AS WELL.
WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO |
| 00:09:29 | GIVE THEM TRAINING, TO SAID THAT
REALISTIC EXPECTATION. |
| 00:09:34 | THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT
EMPLOYERS TELL US IS NOT A |
| 00:09:38 | TRAINED EMPLOYEE.
IT IS AN EMPLOYEE WHO COMES IN |
| 00:09:42 | WITH A WORK ETHIC.
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE |
| 00:09:47 | RELATIVELY EASY TO DO.
IN SOME OF WORK CASES, THAT IS |
| 00:09:54 | AN EXPERIENCE FOR SOME FOLKS.
>> LET ME ASK JACK THE SAME |
| 00:10:01 | THING.
>> IT STRIKES ME AS ODD THAT |
| 00:10:04 | THESE GUYS TALK ABOUT WHAT IS
REALISTIC. |
| 00:10:07 | ONLY ABOUT 15% OF PEOPLE ON
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GET SUBSIDIZED |
| 00:10:13 | HOUSING.
ALL THE MONEY THAT WE SPENT ON |
| 00:10:16 | MEDICAID GOES INTO THE POCKET
OF DOCTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS. |
| 00:10:22 | AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY ARE
STILL SITTING THERE WITH THAT |
| 00:10:27 | $450 A MONTH FOR HOUSING,
UTILITIES, PERSONAL HYGIENE, ALL |
| 00:10:34 | OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
PLUS, KEEP A CAR ON THE ROAD |
| 00:10:40 | WITH CAR INSURANCE.
IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR |
| 00:10:43 | THEM TO DO THAT.
WE THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW TY |
| 00:10:53 | REALISTICALLY HAVE TO GO OUT AND
GET A JOB. |
| 00:10:56 | THEY WANT TO PROVIDE A BETTER
LIVING FOR THEIR CHILDREN. |
| 00:11:01 | WE ACCEPT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THE FACT THAT WE SET THE |
| 00:11:05 | LEVEL AT $450 A MONTH.
IF THESE PEOPLE HAD ENOUGH |
| 00:11:11 | MONEY TO PAY FOR UTILITIES AND
TRANSPORTATION -- TRANSPORTATION |
| 00:11:16 | MAY BE AVAILABLE IN METROPOLITAN
AREAS, BUT IN RURAL AREAS THERE |
| 00:11:21 | IS VIRTUALLY NO PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION TO COUNT ON. |
| 00:11:26 | WE ARE BLAMING THEM, WE ARE
BLAMING THEM WHEN THEY CANNOT DO |
| 00:11:30 | IT.
WE ARE OVERLOOKING THE FACT |
| 00:11:34 | THAT THE STATE OF OHIO SETS
THESE LEVELS. |
| 00:11:37 | THE OTHER TWO-THIRDS ENDS UP IN
COUNTY WELFARE ADMINISTRATION OR |
| 00:11:47 | DAY CARE.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK -- WE |
| 00:11:53 | KEEP HEARING THE STATE CANNOT
AFFORD A LOT OF THESE THINGS. |
| 00:11:57 | THE STATE CANNOT AFFORD THE
SPENDING. |
| 00:11:59 | LET ME ASK YOU.
ISN'T THERE THE GOAL OF GETTING |
| 00:12:06 | THESE FOLKS TO WORK?
MAYBE THERE IS SOME OTHER |
| 00:12:11 | SOLUTION THAN THE SIDE PUTTING
MORE MONEY INTO THE PROGRAM WHEN |
| 00:12:14 | THE MONEY IS NOT AVAILABLE.
>> WE DO NOT GET STATE MONEY |
| 00:12:20 | CAME BACK WE GET FEDERAL MONEY.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER SOLUTIONS. |
| 00:12:26 | UNFORTUNATELY, THE CLOCK IS
TICKING. |
| 00:12:29 | IT MAY BE TIME FOR US TO LOOK AT
THAT THREE-YEAR TIME FRAME AND |
| 00:12:34 | MAKE IT FIVE YEARS.
>> FIVE YEARS IS A LONG TIME TO |
| 00:12:38 | BE OUT OF WORK.
>> YOU DO NOT DEVELOP GOOD JOBS |
| 00:12:43 | OVERNIGHT BEEN VERY ONE OF OUR
AGENCIES -- A PROGRAM A FEW |
| 00:12:48 | MONTHS AGO WAS A HOSPITAL.
IT TOOK EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS |
| 00:13:01 | FOR THE INITIAL DIGGING OF THE
GROUND. |
| 00:13:05 | WE NEEDED A HOSPITAL.
WE NEED GOOD JOBS. |
| 00:13:09 | WE SAW IT FIRST AS A JOB
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. |
| 00:13:13 | IT TAKES A LONG TIME.
WHAT DO YOU DO? |
| 00:13:16 | YOU TRY TO FIND A JOB.
WE NEED TO WORK WITH THIS |
| 00:13:21 | GOVERNOR AND TRY TO DEVELOP
THOSE THINGS. |
| 00:13:24 | >> THIS IDEA OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
BEING REMOVED -- ARE THESE OTHER |
| 00:13:29 | FACTORS BEING TAKEN INTO
CONSIDERATION? |
| 00:13:32 | THEY CANNOT AFFORD THE
INSURANCE AND THE GAS TO PUT |
| 00:13:36 | INTO IT.
>> WE ARE TAKING ALL OF THIS |
| 00:13:41 | INTO CONSIDERATION.
HE KNOWS WE HAVE GAS CARDS. |
| 00:13:46 | WE HAVE BUS TOKENS.
IF YOU CONTACT YOUR COUNTY CASE |
| 00:13:51 | WORKER AND YOU SAY I CANNOT GET
TO MY WORK SITE, THEY ARE GOING |
| 00:13:56 | TO MAKE SURE YOU GET THEIR.
JOEL MENTIONED THE FACT WHAT YOU |
| 00:14:02 | DO NOT WANT IS A POPULATION THAT
WILL BE ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FOR |
| 00:14:05 | A YEAR, SIX MONTHS, THREE MONTHS
AND NOT DO ANYTHING. |
| 00:14:11 | HE WENT TO GET JOB READINESS OR
-- YOU WANT TO GET JOB READINESS |
| 00:14:18 | OR SKILLS.
YOU HAVE MADE A PERSONAL |
| 00:14:21 | DECISION THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO
DO 30 HOURS OF WORK |
| 00:14:27 | PARTICIPATION.
THAT CAN BE COMMUNITY SERVICE. |
| 00:14:32 | >> LET ME ASK JACK TO WEIGH IN
ON THAT. |
| 00:14:36 | >> IT IS NOT TRUE THAT IF YOU
CALL ANY COUNTY IN THE STATE YOU |
| 00:14:45 | WILL NOT GET WHAT YOU NEED.
IT IS NOT GOING TO GET YOU TO |
| 00:14:54 | WORK 30 HOURS A WEEK FOR FOUR
WEEKS A MONTH. |
| 00:15:01 | WE ARE ALSO OVERLOOKING THE FACT
THAT THE STATE OF OHIO TOOK $170 |
| 00:15:08 | MILLION OUT OF THE BUDGET THAT
THEY USED TO PAY FOR CAR REPAIR |
| 00:15:13 | AND TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR SHORT-
TERM TRAINING PROGRAMS. |
| 00:15:16 | HE SAYS THIS IS A CHOICE OF THE
CLIENT. |
| 00:15:20 | THIS IS NOT A CHOICE TO GET
ONLY $450 A MONTH. |
| 00:15:26 | THAT IS A CHOICE OF OHIO.
CUTTING FUNDS OUT OF THE COFFERS |
| 00:15:32 | TO HELP PEOPLE FIND JOBS, THAT
WAS THE CHOICE OF THE STATE OF |
| 00:15:36 | OHIO.
>> THAT SPEAKS TO THE BUDGET. |
| 00:15:41 | WE DID NOT CUT THE CASH
ASSISTANCE ROLE AT ALL. |
| 00:15:46 | WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS PROGRAM,
THIS PROGRAM IS MUCH BIGGER THAN |
| 00:15:53 | CASH ASSISTANCE.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT EATING THE |
| 00:15:56 | FOOD BANKS, CHILD WELFARE,
ASSISTANCE FOR COUNTIES AND |
| 00:16:02 | CASEWORKERS AND ADMINISTRATOR
COSTS. |
| 00:16:04 | >> WHERE IS THE JACK GETTING
THIS THAT THEY HAVE CUT THE |
| 00:16:09 | BENEFITS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT
AVAILABLE FOR CAR REPAIRS? |
| 00:16:12 | >> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
MICHAEL KNOWS THE CUTS IN |
| 00:16:18 | FUNDING TO THE COUNTY RESULTED
IN THEM CUTTING SERVICES. |
| 00:16:24 | I DID NOT SAY YOU CUT CASH
ASSISTANT. |
| 00:16:28 | OBVIOUSLY THAT IS ALREADY SO
LOW. |
| 00:16:31 | >> WE MADE UP FOR IT IN OTHER
LINES. |
| 00:16:34 | WE GAVE YOU --
>> WE ARE GETTING INTO AREAS -- |
| 00:16:40 | >> WE GAVE COUNTY'S $100 MILLION
OF FLEXIBILITY TO MOVE MONEY |
| 00:16:45 | BETWEEN DIFFERENT LINES SAID
THEY WOULD RESTORE THESE CUTS. |
| 00:16:49 | >> THEY DID NOT RESTORE THE
CUTS. |
| 00:16:51 | HAVING $170 MILLION LESS IS NOT
RESTORING THE CUTS. |
| 00:16:59 | WE HAD CUTS ACROSS THE BOARD.
OUR AGENCY LAID OFF 50 PEOPLE IN |
| 00:17:09 | THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
WE CUT REAL SERVICES. |
| 00:17:13 | COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE
HAD TO DO THAT. |
| 00:17:15 | THOSE ARE THE DECISIONS MADE AT
THE STATE LEVEL. |
| 00:17:20 | NONE OF THOSE THINGS HELP PEOPLE
LIVING ON $450 A MONTH OUT THERE |
| 00:17:26 | GET TO A WORK SITE OR THE JOB
TRAINING THEY NEED. |
| 00:17:29 | >> WE HAVE THE SAME $1.2 BILLION
PROGRAM WE HAD IN THE PREVIOUS |
| 00:17:35 | YEAR, THE SAME --
>> COSTS HAVE INCREASED DURING |
| 00:17:39 | THAT TIME.
>> THEY HAVE BUT UNDERSTAND THIS |
| 00:17:43 | IS A MATCHED PROGRAM SO WE HAVE
TO COME UP WITH $400 MILLION. |
| 00:17:50 | WE HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN THE COST
THEM THAT EVERYTHING IS FEEDING |
| 00:17:54 | OFF OF ONE FUNDING STREAM.
>> I WANT TO GET TO THIS ISSUE |
| 00:17:59 | OF PERSONAL CHOICE.
THIS IS A PERSONAL CHOICE AT |
| 00:18:03 | SOME POINT THAT MANY OF THESE
FOLKS HAVE MADE. |
| 00:18:07 | IS THAT YOUR EXPERIENCE?
IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE THINKING? |
| 00:18:11 | >> THE LAW IS VERY CLEAR.
100% OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE |
| 00:18:19 | ARE REQUIRED TO WORK.
WE ARE MEASURED ON AT LEAST 50% |
| 00:18:24 | MUST BE WORKING AT LEAST 30
HOURS BUT THEY ALL MUST BE DOING |
| 00:18:29 | SOMETHING.
>> YOU THINK IT IS A PERSONAL |
| 00:18:32 | CHOICE --
>> NOT A PERSONAL CHOICE. |
| 00:18:35 | IT IS A COMPLIANCE ISSUE.
IF YOU WANT CASH ASSISTANCE, YOU |
| 00:18:40 | MUST WORK AS A CONDITION.
WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO |
| 00:18:45 | FIND ASSIGNMENTS AND IT GOES
OVER A WIDE GAMUT. |
| 00:18:50 | WHEN IT COMES TO THE SANCTION,
IF A PERSON IS ASSIGNED TO WORK, |
| 00:18:55 | THEY HAVE THREE CHOICES.
THEY CAN DO THE ASSIGNMENT, ASK |
| 00:19:00 | TO HAVE THEIR CASE CLOSED, OR WE
HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A |
| 00:19:04 | SANCTION.
IT IS A CHOICE. |
| 00:19:08 | >> IS IT A CHOICE?
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. |
| 00:19:13 | IF IT IS A CHOICE, PEOPLE HAVE
GIVEN UP. |
| 00:19:16 | THAT IS NOT THE FAULT OF THE
DIRECTOR OR THE STATE OF OHIO. |
| 00:19:23 | IT IS JUST THE WAY THE RULES ARE
SET UP. |
| 00:19:25 | >> AND ANOTHER BIT OF GOOD
NEWS/BAD NEWS FROM THE JOB AND |
| 00:19:29 | FAMILY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS BEEN |
| 00:19:32 | DROPPING FOR A YEAR, AND IS NOW
AT 7. |
| 00:19:34 | 2%, MORE THAN A FULL PERCENTAGE
POINT BELOW THE NATIONAL |
| 00:19:37 | AVERAGE.
BUT BECAUSE FEDERAL |
| 00:19:40 | UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS ARE TIED
TO STATE JOBLESS RATES, THE FEDS |
| 00:19:42 | ARE CUTTING BACK THE MONEY THEY
SEND TO OHIO. |
| 00:19:45 | THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF WEEKS OF
BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO JOBLESS |
| 00:19:50 | OHIOANS WILL DROP FROM 73 WEEKS
TO 63 WEEKS. |
| 00:19:52 | AND STARTING NEXT YEAR,
UNEMPLOYED OHIOANS CAN GET ONLY |
| 00:19:57 | THE REGULAR 26 WEEKS OF
BENEFITS. |
| 00:19:58 | IT'S BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS SINCE
GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH DELIVERED |
| 00:20:03 | HIS STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH IN
STEUBENVILLE IN FEBRUARY. |
| 00:20:04 | AND THE BIGGEST NEWS OUT OF THE
SPEECH FOR SOME PEOPLE WAS THIS. |
| 00:20:07 | >> I'M ANNOUNCING TODAY WE'RE
GOING TO INCREASE THE SPEED OF |
| 00:20:13 | OARNET, FROM 10 GIGABYTES PER
SECOND TO 100 GIGABYTES PER |
| 00:20:18 | SECOND, AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
IT'S NOT "BACK TO THE FUTURE" |
| 00:20:21 | WITH GIGABYTES.
I MEAN, THIS REALLY MEANS |
| 00:20:22 | SOMETHING.
>> WHILE THAT MAY NOT HAVE |
| 00:20:27 | MEANT MUCH TO MANY OHIOANS, IT'S
BEEN RECEIVED NATIONALLY AS A |
| 00:20:30 | PROPOSAL WITH LOTS OF POTENTIAL
AND VERY LITTLE DOWNSIDE. |
| 00:20:31 | AND IT'S THE MOST EXCITING
THING THAT'S HAPPENED AT THE |
| 00:20:34 | OHIO ACADEMIC RESOURCES NETWORK,
OR OARNET, IN YEARS. |
| 00:20:37 | EARLIER THIS YEAR, I SPOKE WITH
JOHN CONLEY, THE CHIEF OF P-20 |
| 00:20:42 | EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AT THE
OHIO BOARD OF REGENTS, ABOUT |
| 00:20:45 | THE PLANS TO EXPAND THE SPEED
OF OARNET. |
| 00:20:47 | HE WAS POSITIVELY GIDDY OVER
THE POSSIBILITIES FOR THE |
| 00:20:50 | STATE'S BROADBAND NETWORK.
>> WE ARE TAKING THE CURRENT |
| 00:20:57 | INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH WE HAVE
THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A LONG-TERM |
| 00:21:04 | LEASE ON AND WHAT WE ARE DOING
IS INCREASING IT TO 100 |
| 00:21:14 | GIGABYTE.
IF YOU THINK OF A FOUR-LANE |
| 00:21:17 | HIGHWAY, IF WE TOOK THAT ROAD
AND ADDED 10 STORIES TO THAT |
| 00:21:22 | ROAD, THAT IS THE CAPACITY WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT AND INCREASED |
| 00:21:27 | THE SPEED TO 200 MILES PER HOUR.
>> PUNK-KUT SHAH IS THE |
| 00:21:31 | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OARNET,
AND HE SAID THIS IS AS HISTORIC |
| 00:21:33 | AS THE FIRST MOMENT A DOZEN
YEARS AGO WHEN THE DISCUSSION |
| 00:21:35 | WAS ABOUT A 1 GIG NETWORK.
>> I CONSIDER THIS THE SAME |
| 00:21:42 | MOMENT WE HAD IN 2000 IF WE MADE
THIS INVESTMENT NOW WHEN THE |
| 00:21:48 | TECHNOLOGY IS STILL LEADING
EDGE, THAT IS WHERE WE ARE |
| 00:21:51 | WORKING THESE CARS BEING
MANUFACTURED AS WE SPEAK WE OF |
| 00:21:55 | THE PIONEERS IN MAKING
TECHNOLOGY COME TO OUR CAMPUSES. |
| 00:22:00 | THIS IS SETTING OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE 10 YEARS AHEAD. |
| 00:22:05 | WHY NOW?
BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY HAS JUST |
| 00:22:09 | BEGUN AND WE CAN PUT IT INTO
PRODUCTION AND WORK WITH THE |
| 00:22:13 | VENDORS TO CREATE SOMETHING
BIGGER AND BETTER. |
| 00:22:16 | >> THE STATE AND ITS PRIVATE
PARTNERS ARE INVESTING $10 |
| 00:22:19 | MILLION TO UPGRADE OARNET.
AND CONLEY SAID THE LINES THAT |
| 00:22:20 | CONNECT 90 OF OHIO'S PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE COLLEGES AND |
| 00:22:22 | UNIVERSITIES, ALL THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS IN OHIO AND MANY LOCAL |
| 00:22:25 | GOVERNMENTS WILL GO FROM
CRUISING SPEED INTO HYPERDRIVE. |
| 00:22:28 | >> 300,000 X-RAYS, IF YOU TAKE
THOSE IMAGES AND TRANSFER THEM |
| 00:22:39 | ALL SIMULTANEOUSLY.
IT IS 50 TIMES FASTER THAN THE |
| 00:22:44 | SMARTPHONE WE USE.
I KEEP COMING BACK TO TRY TO PUT |
| 00:22:47 | THIS DOWN TO A LAYMAN'S TERMS.
IF YOU THINK OF IT AS A FIRE |
| 00:22:54 | HOSE.
THINK OF HOW MUCH WATER YOU |
| 00:22:57 | COULD BE PUSHING.
TRULY INCREDIBLE SPEEDS. |
| 00:23:01 | >> HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO
DOWNLOAD A MOVIE? |
| 00:23:04 | >> IT WOULD BE MILLISECOND'S.
>> AND CONLEY SAID THE PRACTICAL |
| 00:23:10 | APPLICATIONS FOR THIS UPGRADE
ARE WIDE RANGING. |
| 00:23:11 | FOR EXAMPLE, HE SAID, CONSIDER
THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY. |
| 00:23:13 | >> THINK ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION
OF DATA AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING |
| 00:23:20 | NOW BECAUSE THESE LARGE DATA
SETS ARE SO BIG THEY ARE |
| 00:23:24 | LITERALLY TAKING EXTERNAL HARD
DRIVES, PUTTING IT IN A FEDEX |
| 00:23:29 | BOX AND HAVING TO SHIP IT WITH
PRIVATE INDUSTRIES, WHATEVER IT |
| 00:23:35 | MAY BE.
THIS WILL ENABLE THEM TO |
| 00:23:38 | TRANSMIT INFORMATION MUCH FASTER
AND MUCH MORE EFFICIENT. |
| 00:23:41 | >> 8.5 MILLION ELECTRONIC
MEDICAL RECORDS CAN BE |
| 00:23:47 | TRANSMITTED IN ONE MINUTE.
AND IMAGES AND SIMULATIONS THAT |
| 00:23:50 | HAVE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF DATA
CAN BE MOVED BACK AND FORTH |
| 00:23:51 | QUICKLY AND EASILY, WHICH CAN
HELP SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL |
| 00:23:54 | RESEARCHERS SHARE MATERIAL AND
COMPLEX IMAGES. |
| 00:23:55 | FOR INSTANCE, THE NETWORK
OFFERS THE POSSIBILITY OF |
| 00:23:59 | ALLOWING DOCTORS TO PRACTICE
PROCEDURES AND SURGERY ON |
| 00:24:03 | VIRTUAL PATIENTS IN 3D, WHICH IS
ESSENTIAL FOR PHYSICIANS WORKING |
| 00:24:07 | IN AREAS WHERE THEY HAVE NO
ACCESS TO CADAVERS. |
| 00:24:10 | THERE HAS BEEN ATTENTION GIVEN
TO THE FACT THAT INTERNET GIANTS |
| 00:24:24 | STARTED AROUND COLLEGES BECAUSE
OF THEIR ACCESS TO HIGH-SPEED |
| 00:24:28 | DATA NETWORKS.
>> IT WILL CREATE AN ECONOMIC |
| 00:24:39 | ENGINE FOR OHIO.
IT IS NOT JUST A SINGLE STRAND. |
| 00:24:46 | WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE
FOOTPRINT. |
| 00:24:50 | THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE TEST BED.
<NO VIDEO><VIDEO OK>:; |
| 00:25:01 | SHAH WAS EVEN MORE OPTIMISTIC
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF OHIO |
| 00:25:02 | BECOMING A HIGH-TECH POWERHOUSE
AT THE NATIONAL AND EVEN |
| 00:25:04 | INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.
>> CAN MOVE AN APPLICATION FROM |
| 00:25:08 | HERE TO THERE IS TAKEN OFF THE
TABLE. |
| 00:25:12 | ABSOLUTELY.
ALONG WITH THE INNOVATION CENTER |
| 00:25:15 | THAT WE HOPE TO CREATE VERY
SHORTLY. |
| 00:25:19 | WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE PUBLIC-
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE |
| 00:25:24 | INNOVATION CENTER WHICH WILL
MAKE THE BRIDGE WITH THE PRIVATE |
| 00:25:28 | SECTOR ON THE PRODUCTS THEY NEED
AND ALSO LOOK AT |
| 00:25:32 | COMMERCIALIZATION.
>> WE HAD REPORTED BACK IN |
| 00:25:36 | FEBRUARY THAT THE FIRST PHASE,
CONNECTING CLEVELAND, COLUMBUS, |
| 00:25:38 | CINCINNATI, DAYTON AND TOLEDO,
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE UP AND |
| 00:25:41 | RUNNING IN JUNE.
THAT'S NOW SET FOR EARLY FALL. |
| 00:25:44 | AND THE STATE HAS ADDED WOOSTER
TO THE SECOND PHASE, WHICH |
| 00:25:48 | INCLUDES AKRON, ATHENS AND
YOUNGSTOWN. |
| 00:25:49 | AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
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