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The South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS) has more than doubled the number of welfare recipients who got jobs and got off welfare ? 10,618 of them as of July 9th and climbing.? On June 12th, 18 days ahead of schedule, DSS achieved and continues to exceed by hundreds its ?Wildly Important Goal? in Economic Services.
The goal originally set by the new DSS Director Lillian Koller in September 2011 was to get 10,120 welfare recipients jobs and off welfare by June 30, 2012, compared to only 5,060 in 2010.? Cases counted toward the goal only if they were closed because the family had increased income.
A great diversity of employers stepped up to hire these DSS clients and create win-win-win outcomes for their businesses, these families, and their communities.
Jobs ranged from big companies like WalMart, Lowes, Home Depot, Best Western Hotels, Waffle House, K-Mart, Dollar General, and Dairy Queen to small businesses like Carolina Staffing, McCall Farms, Montrose Manor Assisted Living, The Tax Doctor, Little Scholars Academy, Breaker?s Convenience Store, Tire and Oil, and Amick Farms.
?A list of the employers in each county is being compiled and will be available in July on the DSS website.? ?We want to acknowledge these businesses for being smart by taking advantage of this opportunity to help themselves while helping families get out of poverty,? Koller explains.
?And work surely pays,? Koller points out.? For example, a single parent with three children receives /905 per month in DSS benefits while not working, compared to earning $1,788 in benefits and net earnings, working at South Carolina?s current minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.? Even better, welfare recipients in South Carolina typically get jobs that pay better than minimum wage, averaging close to $9.00 an hour and some earn much more.? ?Bottom line, work always pays better than not working!? Koller said.
?Parents are working and supporting their children and children are growing up with the example of working parents,? explains DSS Economic Services Deputy Director Linda Martin.
?DSS is incredibly proud of the goal we achieved, because we know hwat it means for those we serve,? Martin said.????
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