Thread: CA. Gov. Brown wants welfare cuts

Gov. Brown wants welfare cuts

June 13th, 2012, 11:40 am · · posted by Martin Wisckol, Politics reporter

In one of his numerous proposals for balancing the state’s perennially strained budget, Gov. Jerry Brown wants to tighten provisions for CalWORKS – the state’s welfare-to-work program – in ways similar to the federal welfare reform enacted during Bill Clinton‘s presidency. Democrats in Legislature don’t like the plan.

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“Brown’s plan would cut off parents from welfare grants and child care after two years instead of four if they do not work or pursue training,” according to the Sacramento Bee’s story on the proposal. “It would also cut ‘child-only’ grants by 27 percent, from $516 to $375 monthly for a family of three. Many child-only cases involve parents who exhausted their time limit or are ineligible to receive aid because they are disabled or undocumented with legal children. …

“Democrats said Brown’s plan would harm children because it imposes harsh consequences for not finding work when unemployment remains high at 10.9 percent.”

Read Register reporter Brian Joseph‘s overview of the budget, which is supposed to be finalized by Friday

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I've heard we have something like 13% of the population of the US however something like 40% of the welfare recipients. With the current heavily dominant Democrat legislature this won't change imo. They just keep kicking the can down the road....

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