Jack Hoogendyk on Welfare & Poverty Republican Senate challenger

Allow churches to provide welfare services

A: Absolutely, this is the role of the church, to compassionately reach out and meet the needs of the poor. If we are going to give out federal funds for welfare, we should entrust those funds to the faith community because they will use those funds more carefully and responsibly than any government agency.

Welfare funding to faith-based organizations

Hoogendyk supports the following principles regarding :
• Support current time limits on welfare benefits.
• Provide tax incentives to businesses that hire welfare recipients.
• Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work.
• Redirect welfare funding to faith-based and community-based private organizations.