Welfare - Safety Net

 

"How can it be that even today there are still people dying of hunger? Condemned to illiteracy? Lacking the most basic medical care? Without a roof over their heads? . . . Christians must learn to make their act of faith in Christ by discerning His voice in the cry for help that rises from this world of poverty."
-- Pope John Paul II, Novo Millennio Ineunte, no. 50

WHAT'S NEW?

Letter to Congress on Budget Reconciliation Cuts to Poverty Programs
Bishop Stephen E. Blaire, May 8, 2012

Additional Documents and Resources

Primer on Poverty, an Option for the Poor, and the Common Good
November 2011
Background: Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
February 2011
Testimony: Ways & Means Committee/Human Resources Subcommittee Hearing on TANF Reauthorization Proposals
February 10, 2005
Letter to Senate on the Pride Act
March 26, 2004
Joint USCCB/CCUSA Letter on TANF Bill, HR4
February 11, 2003
Letter to Senator Thomas A. Daschle, Trent Lott, Max Baucus, and Charles E. Grassley
October 28, 2002
Letter to Senator Thomas A. Daschle, Trent Lott and Entire Body of the Senate
September 20, 2002
Letter to Senate Finance Committee on TANF Reauthorization
June 17, 2002
Letter from USCCB and Catholic Charities USA on HR4700, "Personal Responsibility, Work and Family Promotion Act of 2002"
May 15, 2002
Testimony: Hearing on TANF Reauthorization Proposals
April 11, 2002


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