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Welfare benefits in Missouri would be cut if the House passes legislation heard in a committee |
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Wrap:The House Children and Families Committee heard four bills adding requirements to temporary assistance programs.
These requirements include a work requirement, limits on food stamps and a two-year lifetime limit where a person is eligible for temporary benefits.
Cassville Republican Senator David Sater is the sponsor of one of the bills.
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Description: This is a temporary assistance to needy families, not a permanent assistance to needy families. We want them on their own. |
Sater's bill has already been passed by the Senate.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Hannah Knight.
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Missourians receiving temporary unemployment benefits would have new requirements if legislation is passed by the House. |
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Wrap: A House committee heard four different bills dealing with welfare benefits in Missouri.
The bills include work requirements and a two-year lifetime limit for assistance.
Camdenton Republican Representative Diane Franklin sponsored one of the bills.
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Description: The state is not the end all to helping people move from a point where they need a helping hand to being in the workforce. |
Opponents of the legislation say the bills would hurt the children of families in need of assistance.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Hannah Knight.
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A House committee heard legislation that would cut services provided to Missourians eligible for welfare |
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Wrap: The House Childrean and Families Commitee heard four bills that would limit the state's temporary assistance and the food stamp program.
Some of the changes would include establishing a work requirement that must be met before receiving assistance.
Amira Wyatt with Operation Breakthrough testified in opposition of the bills.
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Description: It is increasingly hard to support a family and truly support a family. You do feel like you're being penalized for trying to be a productive citizen. At what point can we change that? |
The bills would also require the Department of Social Services to conduct an orientation for every person seeking assistance from these programs.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Hannah Knight.