This substitute protects children by requiring States to provide vouchers for children in families removed from the welfare rolls as a result of a time limit of less than 5 years. and gives States the option of providing vouchers for families cut off as a result of the 5year time limit. It also preserves the national food stamp safety net and does not allow food stamps to be converted Into a block grant. Its humane Immigration provisions would exempt children from the food stamp ban and exempt disabled children from the SSI ban. I have been working with the Congressional Caucus for Womens Issues for many years to enact child support reform that will finally crack down on deadbeat parents by enacting penalties with real teeth and establishing Federal registries to help track deadbeats. This substitute contains these critical provisions.
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