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Poor families could be disincentivized to participate in TANF (welfare) due to child welfare investigation / requiring ex-partner child support

By Hicbd
Wed Jun 1 2022 11:04 am

"Using the welfare dollars among other funding, the state of Arizona subjected Bermudez to a humiliating, and expensive, child welfare case. She had to take an IQ test and a word-recognition test, checking her for “mental deficiency/retardation”; she was also asked whether she binge eats or “gets very sexual,” according to her records."

URL:
https://www.propublica.org/article/a-mother-needed-welfare-instead-the-state-used-welfare-funds-to-take-her-son
https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031022_welfare_changes/southwestern-states-make-changes-welfare-after-propublica-investigations/

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Categories:
U.S. TANF (Welfare) Public Benefits / Social Safety Net Child Welfare / Protection U.S. Poverty U.S. Child Support

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