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Working Groups Welfare Reform Strategic Planning Group Now: Welfare Reform Core Group, and Welfare Reform Partner’s Group Also, Welfare Reform Working Group Pay Day Lending Working GroupTRANSCRIPT
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Welcome!
EVOC thinkSpace on #WelfareReform
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What the Council’s doing on Welfare Reform
Alan Sinclair, Welfare Reform ManagerCity of Edinburgh Council
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Working GroupsWelfare Reform Strategic Planning GroupNow:Welfare Reform Core Group, andWelfare Reform Partner’s GroupAlso,Welfare Reform Working Group Pay Day Lending Working Group
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Discretionary Housing PaymentsOriginal DHP Policy
Revised Policy in October 2013
Using Welfare Reform Team re: Bedroom Tax
Trying to maximise payments of DHP
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Advice ServicesSuccessful bid for SLAB funding:Advice ShopSouth West Outreach Project (SWOP)Cyrenians & EHAPRSLs PartnershipLink HAShelter Scotland
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Scottish Welfare FundOriginal PolicyChanged Priorities early onPublicityMeeting timescalesMaximising spend for Community Care
Grants & Crisis GrantsNew Provider
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Partnership WorkingDWP & JCP – National & Local
NHS Lothian
Employability Services
Rent Redesign Service
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FutureLocal Support Services Funding (LSSF)
PIP
DHP & SWF
Universal Credit
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Questions?