Why all the info about FEGS?

I've been posting periodic updates on the FEGS bankruptcy issue  because so many of Kenmore Hall's tenants had their time wasted at their downtown offices. FEGS was a worthless operation, often described by clients as "babysitting for adults" - it was a requirement for many welfare recipients, and not participating often constituted non-compliance and resulted in interruptions in benefits. I've heard SO MANY stories from friends and neighbors about getting FTC'd by FEGS (failure to comply) even when they were sitting in the classrooms or participating in their WEP assignments - and then having to go through mediation at Waverly or request a fair hearing to straighten out mistakes that FEGS had made. The time spent in classrooms there was mind-numbingly boring; they didn't teach anything worthwhile at all, and it was a challenge to get access to the computers on site to search for work or related benefits.

Frequently, the WEP assignments they gave clients were totally inappropriate for their health conditions or disabilities (I was given several cleaning jobs that required use of harsh chemicals while suffering from severe atopic dermatitis that covered most of my body, and in other cases was assigned to jobs that didn't accommodate my COPD - and this was standard practice at FEGS). I'm bringing this up because FEGS was designed to specifically address work-related issues for disabled / health-challenged clients, and even when you're a public assistance recipient, you're entitled to workplace accommodations. You can look them up at the Job Accommodation Network at https://askjan.org. I don't know anyone who actually got a real job through FEGS. I don't have an issue with going back to work: life on welfare SUCKS, and it's demoralizing - but it should be appropriate work that isn't insultingly low-paid or actually bad for participants' health. (By the way, who remembers the bedbug infestation at their downtown offices a few summers ago? OSHA shut them down for a while to exterminate, but not before a bunch of people got nasty bites).

They were receiving something like $250,000,000 in government funding, and ended up close to $20,000,000 in debt; what a ridiculous waste of money, especially if you look at what they were spending money on (the usual: high salaries for staff, facilities, etc.). Just wonderin' what's going to replace it. And if the government agencies that fund organizations like FEGS aren't paying attention until it's too late, what would you like to bet nobody's really accountable when it comes to certain supportive housing providers?