ASSEMBLY GOP PROPOSES WELFARE CUTS.Byline: John Howard For other persons of the same name, see John Howard (disambiguation). John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. A Republican plan to cut welfare costs would limit benefits to no more than the minimum wage, block payments to drug users and halt checks after two years - provisions that backers say would encourage recipients to find jobs. "This promotes work," said Assemblyman Keith Olberg, R-Victorville, who authored one of the bills in the 11-part package. The proposals, offered to supplement Gov. Pete Wilson's welfare-cuts package, contain a number recommendations long urged by Assembly GOP members but which have been blocked in the past by majority Democrats. Now, newly in the majority, Assembly Republicans are trying again, submitting the first parts of the plan to the Assembly Human Services Committee on Wednesday. Their package was denounced by advocates for the poor, who said children would be unfairly penalized pe·nal·ize tr.v. pe·nal·ized, pe·nal·iz·ing, pe·nal·iz·es 1. To subject to a penalty, especially for infringement of a law or official regulation. See Synonyms at punish. 2. , access to emergency-room medical care could be crippled and some constitutional protections could be bypassed. Among other things, the proposals would: Allow counties to decide whether to provide welfare for childless indigent indigent 1) n. a person so poor and needy that he/she cannot provide the necessities of life (food, clothing, decent shelter) for himself/herself. 2) n. one without sufficient income to afford a lawyer for defense in a criminal case. adults, called General Assistance, and authorize boards of supervisors to determine the indigents' level of medical care, except for life- and limb-threatening injuries. Currently, the counties are required by law to provide General Assistance. Limit the amount of payments from Aid to Families With Dependent Children Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) was the name of a federal assistance program in effect from 1935 to 1997,[1] which was administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. to no more than the minimum wage, regardless of the number of children. Currently, the monthly minimum wage is about $700. The average AFDC AFDC abbr. Aid to Families with Dependent Children AFDC n abbr (US) (= Aid to Families with Dependent Children) → ayuda a familias con hijos menores AFDC n abbr family, a woman with two children, receives less than that and would not be immediately affected by the bill. Place a two-year limit on AFDC benefits. Allow San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. County, as part of a five-year trial program, to screen welfare applicants for drug- and alcohol-dependence, and establish treatment programs for recipients. Cut welfare payments to families whose children do not attend school regularly or who have not made use of available preventive child care programs. It also would require adults who remain unemployed despite job training to participate in community service programs. |
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