Our Safety Net

Over $1.5 trillion dollars are spent each year across more than 100 federal programs designed to support Americans, and yet people continue to need assistance and poverty still exists. On today's episode of On the Corner of Homelessness & Our Safety Net, hosts Joe Ader and Gwyn Griffith talk with Clarence H. Carter, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Human Services and author of "Our Net Has Holes in It," to discuss why this is the case and what we can do about it. You can find his book at your local bookstore or here.Guest: Commissioner Clarence H. CarterHosts Joe Ader and Gwyn GriffithProduced by Gwyn Griffith and Lucy PearsonAssistance by Eleanor PiggRecorded at The Spokane Public Library