Pro-block grants; require teen moms to live with parents
Bauer supports the following principles concerning welfare issues:
Continue to give states and local governments responsibility for welfare programs through block grants.
Require that unwed teenage mothers live with a parent or guardian (if
possible) and attend school to receive benefits.
Provide continued Medicaid benefits for those welfare recipients who have moved from welfare to work.
Source: Vote-Smart.org 2000 NPAT
Jan 13, 2000
Allow religious organizations to provide welfare services
Bauer supports the following principles concerning religious organization providing welfare:
Direct federal poverty aid through religious, community-based or other non-profit organizations.
Bauer says, “Religious organizations should not have
to compromise their beliefs in order to participate in government-funded programs.”
Source: Vote-Smart.org 2000 NPAT
Jan 13, 2000
Supports faith-based solutions for social ills
I strongly support the heroic work being done by churches, non-profits, and people of faith and compassion to reach out to drug addicts, prisoners, and women facing problem pregnancies. For example, the Step Academy [in VA] helps inner city men and women
through a two-year job and skills training program. The Jobs Partnership [in NC] similarly provides a dynamic private sector alternative to bureaucratic government management. As President, I will encourage and expand these efforts.
Source: www.bauer2k.com/html/indepthissues.html 5/24/99
May 24, 1999
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