Is welfare helping our country? The original intentions for welfare was as a temporary safety net for those who were unfortunate to have lost a job, or got disabled, or a breadwinner died or left the home, etc. It was not ever intended originally, to become a way of life. The group we interview today stresses education, employment and family, as they work to help remove barriers to these areas. Our guest shares an original quote of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The quote shows that he saw welfare as a temporary thing. He didn't want it to be permanent. We look at the case of Utah, which integrated its workforce services with welfare services in the 1990's. So, in Utah, when an individual seeks government assistance, the first step is to help him re-enter the workforce, if he is able, before providing monetary benefits. Unfortunately our federal government passed a law in 2000, that made it almost impossible for states to integrate workforce and welfare services as Utah did. Most of our discussion today focuses on work, one of the three tiers of the group's threefold emphasis. The website is foropportunity.org Today we interview the President and CEO of the Georgia Center for Opportunity. Participants: Randy Hicks, Dan Elmendorf