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Obama Guts Welfare ReformToday the Obama Administration issued a new directive stating that the traditional TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) work requirements can be waived or overridden by a legal device called the section 1115 waiver authority under the Social Security law (42 U.S.C. 1315).Section 1115 states that “the Secretary may waive compliance with any of the requirements†of specified parts of various laws. But this is not an open-ended authority: Any provision of law that can be waived under section 1115 must be listed in section 1115 itself. The work provisions of the TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) program are contained in section 407 (entitled, appropriately, “mandatory work requirementsâ€). Critically, this section, as well as most other TANF requirements, are deliberately not listed in section 1115; they are not waiveable.In establishing TANF, Congress deliberately exempted or shielded nearly all of the TANF program from the section 1115 waiver authority. They did not want the law to be rewritten at the whim of Health and Human Services (HHS) bureaucrats. Of the roughly 35 sections of the TANF law, only one is listed as waiveable under section 1115. This is section 402.
The Foundry*waits patiently for liberal cries of abuse of Executive power*
[snip]Obama administration ‘guts’ welfare reform with new HHS ruleThe Department and Health and Human Services announced the agency will issue waivers for the federal work requirement of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program — considered a central facet of welfare reform in 1996 — Thursday.The “Information Memorandum†states that the agency will be issuing waivers for TANF’s work participation requirements for parents and caretakers as a way to find new approaches to better employment outcomes.“While the TANF work participation requirements are contained in section 407, section 402(a)(1)(A)(iii) requires that the state plan ‘[e]nsure that parents and caretakers receiving assistance under the program engage in work activities in accordance with section 407,’†the memo, signed by HHS Director of the Office of Family Assistance, Earl Johnson, explained. “Thus, HHS has authority to waive compliance with this 402 requirement and authorize a state to test approaches and methods other than those set forth in section 407, including definitions of work activities and engagement, specified limitations, verification procedures, and the calculation of participation rates.â€The goal, according to the memo, is to improve employment outcomes by “encouraging states to consider new, more effective ways to meet the goals of TANF, particularly helping parents successfully prepare for, find, and retain employment.†HHS will also require states to provide a method for evaluation and monitor progress.[/snip]
Laws?...where we're going we don't need laws...
Hi,Boehner should immediately defund all welfare until policy is reversed. Right now few people even know of this.Regards,5412
The MSM still hasn't reported it. I wonder why? Hmm ...
Well, you can bet the MSM parade of sick babies & cat food eating grandmas would start as soon as Boner did that.
"The nation that couldn’t be conquered by foreign enemies has been conquered by its elected officials" odawg Free Republic in reference to the GOP Elites who are no difference than the Democrats
This is what drives me nuts with Boehner, why doesn't he de-fund it as was stated here?And how is Obama able to undo this without Congress?
The same way he can declare 1.2 million (or so) illegals legal. Congress & the Supremes have surrendered & there is only one line of defense left. Are we up to it?
