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July 20, 2009 04:39 AM UTC
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Their wage increases have stopped. It seems like they’ve been an easy target for for cuts for years. I think they need a break. I would like to know how he plans on fixing that.
Also, the CICP at Denver Health has an absurd registration process that involves making sick people wait outside for about an hour before they can get into the lottery to to get the chance to apply for affordable health care. This is Denver specific because the high demand for the program is what drives the insane application process at the Denver locations. I would really like to hear his response once he is made away of the situation (cos I’m going to be nice and assume he doesn’t know).
Denver Health is essential for Denver and CO, but how much of what you listed is a state or Denver issue.
The CICP registration process is jacked and could be streamlined, however, if there isn’t money to increase the number of CICP recipients what is the better way to provide fair consideration for applicants?
We need to get more people eligible for CICP in this state, but need additional funds to expand the pot.
Not saying anything you don’t already know…
is that they’re not expected to defend themselves because they are poor.
Additionally, they don’t even get to apply for the program, they just get into the lottery for the chance to apply.
Who does that? It sounds like we’re in Cote D’Ivoire er something. In fact, I’m pretty sure urban Cote D’Ivoire has a better registration process.
I’m pretty sure the $20 or so dollars it takes to open the lobby and hire a security guard is feasible.
Hick says he plans to close the $120 million gap without cutting personnel or raising taxes/fees. He made some cute remarks about replacing annuals with perennials in landscaping, but let’s get serious. How is this possible?
Questions:
1) What is the legal authority to collect confidential information from a variety of sources about Denver’s families?
2) Who will provide the private funding and will that entity have access to the data?
3) What kind of release will parents have to sign?
4) Will parents have the right to refuse to release their private medical and legal information to the city?
Dwyer – it’s an opt-in-only program from the parents. My understanding was that they will only be included with explicit permission from the parents.
A couple of ACLU folks were at the meeting and the impression I got is that there’s no way this thing isn’t headed for a lengthy court battle, no matter how much it might be able to help the kids.
How come you, a dyed in the wool republican radical sarah palin devotee, know all about this meeting, and I, an upstanding life long “we love you Michelle” democrat, know nothing about this meeting?
Seriously, this is an experiment. There is absolutely no data showing that it would help kids.
The problem also is that parents, particularly if they are “in the system…welfare, judicial, etc.” can be pressured into giving consent for all kinds of privacy invasion…and may be too scared, illiterate in English, or otherwise unable to give informed consent.
I am even a card carrying member of the ACLU.
…but I’d have to kill you.
I would actually love to have a lengthy discussion with you about this at some point. The concept is very, very interesting, and I think could really pre-emptively see some trouble signs for kids and notify some of their mentors/teachers/etc. in time to head off the bad behavior.
Hopefully, it’s a ‘falling-through-the-cracks’ prevention tool.
Maybe when I get back into town I can buy you a cup of coffee. I’d really love to hear your take on a system like this once you know what’s involved.
But let me ask you this, LB, are you a Denver parent or potentially a DPS parent? If so, would you like all your kids’ teachers to know that you are a Republican; that you blog and that you have a real thing for Sarah Palin??
I am not being funny. There are studies linking personality types to political affiliation. Let me hasten to add that I think those studies are bogus. However, there is nothing to stop a “volunteer,” with the Democratic party Serve coalition, who decides to “mentor” in DPS from deciding to interpret a child’s behavior in terms of his parents’ political leanings.
I have seen this kind of crap happen…albeit many years ago.
While Denver has one of the most robust and success homeless program, one group of of this population routinely falls thru the cracks – Veterans.
Many City and non-profit organizations involved with the homeless incorrectly assume that there are Federal programs which provide shelter for Veterans, and in some cases turn them away.
Currently the VA has one housing voucher program called VASH that provides some veterans with funds to receive housing, but most Landlords are ignorant of the program, and many others are prejudiced against accepting them.
With an pending influx of OIF/OEF veterans into the Denver metro area (New GI Bill, end of Stop-Loss, etc) what can the City of Denver do to help end homelessness among Veterans?
She knows his shortcomings:
http://www.denverpost.com/susa…
http://www.denverpost.com/susa…
I’d like to know if he has any plans to have another late-fee amnesty for people with overdue parking tickets? 🙂
I think a 10-min. harangue from you on IT contracts would make for a fascinating interview.
I will try to write it up tonight. I did use RedGreen’s question. The rest were my standard 4 I ask in a first interview. It was only ½ hour so 5 questions was pushing it.