Unlike the House bill. its maintenanceofeffort provision requires States o maintain 75 percent of their welfare expendlures. it retains the entitlement status of foster care and adoption assistance. it increases child care money from the House bill. and it offers States the opportunity to design welfare programs that move women into work and encourage responsibility. It does not impose a child nutrition block grant on States. The conference report. however. contains cuts in critical programs that protect children nd the disabled. This motion would add a total of $14 billion in funding to child care. Supplemental Security Income ISSI]. child welfare and foster care programs. and programs I for immigrants. The conference report also severs the link between Medicaid eligibility and welfare. a provision I strongly oppose. I This motion restores Medicaid eligibility for welfare recipients.
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