“Expanding Opportunity in America” was the title of Congressman Paul Ryan’s speech yesterday.

Cong. Ryan is the chair of the House Budget Committee and was Mitt Romney’s running mate.

He would merge up to 11 anti-poverty programs into a single grant program.

I agree with some of his proposal but not all of it. http://paulryan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=389081

It prompted me to ask the following:

To what extent does Maryland’s Department of Human Resources now inform eligible individuals at intake or subsequent contacts of the various programs that could benefit them? Under existing law, to what extent could that be done to a greater degree than it is now? Similarly, could incentives be provided for certain accomplishments under existing law?

We may need a change in federal law to accomplish these changes. Or we may have the authority to do so already.

I’ll let you know.