| 1) |
State
that you are calling about the Reauthorization of TANF and the
Child Care Fund. |
| 2)
|
State
your main points, here are some you could make: |
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A. |
Funding for child care must be increased by at least $11.25 billion
over the next five years.Please also make the Supplemental TANF
grant permanent and increase the amount.
About 20,000 children are waiting for a child care subsidy in
North Carolina right now. Please also make the Supplemental TANF
grant permanent and increase the amount. |
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B. |
TANF and health care benefits for legal immigrants must be restored.
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C. |
Parents caring for sick or disabled children and family members
must be exempted from rigid work requirements. |
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D. |
Post-secondary
education should be included as part of education and training
and should be allowed to count toward work requirements for at
least 24 months.
North Carolina Work First families are getting jobs, but 70% of
them are earning less than poverty level. It is essential they
get more education and job retraining so they can get better paying
work, or find jobs that pay as well as their old textile and furniture
mill jobs that are closing down.
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E. |
Allow
states more flexibility to define work activities to include activities
that help families overcome barriers to employment such as substance
abuse treatment or domestic violence counseling. Oppose any efforts
to increase work hour requirements above 30 hours.
The federal Government should not try to implement a one type
of activity fits all families approach. Increasing hours further
restricts states from meeting the needs of individual clients
by leaving less time available services and programs that meet
individual family needs.
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F. |
Keep superwaivers out of TANF.
Congress should not give away its authority to set TANF and CCDF
policy to the administration and states. Congress should set and
uphold basic guidelines for these programs.
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Democrats:
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Fax
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Voice
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| Sen.
Max Baucus (Montana) Chairman |
202-228-3687
|
(202) 224-2651 |
| Sen.
Rockefeller (West Virginia) |
202-224-7665
|
(202)
224-6472 |
| Sen.
Daschle (South Dakota) |
202-224-6603
|
(202)
224-2321 |
| Sen.
Breaux (Louisiana) |
202-228-2577
|
(202)
224-4623 |
| Sen.
Conrad (North Dakota) |
202-224-7776
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(202)
224-2043 |
| Sen.
Graham (Florida) |
202-224-2237 |
(202)
224-3041 |
Sen.
Bingaman (New Mexico)
|
202-224-2852 |
(202)
224-5521 |
| Sen.
Kerry (Massachusetts) |
202-224-8525
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(202)
224-2742 |
| Sen.
Torricelli (New Jersey) |
202-224-8567 |
(202)
224-3224 |
| Sen.
Lincoln (Arkansas) |
202-228-1371 |
(202) 224-4843 |
| Republicans |
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| Sen.
Grassley (Iowa) |
202-224-6020 |
(202)
224-3744 |
| Sen.
Hatch (Utah) |
202-224-6331
|
(202)
224-5251 |
| Sen.
Murkowski (Alaska) |
202-224-5301
|
(202)
224-6665 |
| Sen.
Nickles (Oklahoma) |
202-224-6008
|
(202) 224-5754 |
| Sen.
Gramm (Texas) |
202-228-2856 |
(202)
224-2934 |
| Sen.
Lott (Mississippi) |
202-224-2262
|
(202)
224-6253 |
| Sen.
Thompson (Tennessee) |
202-228-3679
|
(202)
224-4944 |
| Sen.
Olympia Snowe (Maine) |
202-224-1946
|
(202) 224-5344 |
| Sen.
Kyl (Arizona) |
202-224-2207
|
(202)
224-4521 |
| Sen.
Thomas (Wyoming) |
202-224-1724 |
(202)
224-6441 |
| Independent: |
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| Sen.
Jim Jeffords (Vermont) |
202-228-0776
|
(202)
224-5141 |
