The concept of block grants is being sold as a panacea for all the ills related to welfare. The Republicans claim that administrative costs and bureaucracy will be cut by block granting programs. In fact. the Republican bill actually increases bureaucracy. Under current law. the administrative cap on the child nutrition programsexcept WICis 1.8 percent. The proposed block grant increases such costs to 2 percent and adds another layer of State bureaucracy. charged now with even determining the immigration status of children. The cuts to nutrition programs for children are real. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that this bill cuts $7 billion in the next 5 years.
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