Aditi S

Specialist in policy analysis, child protection and social services | Currently @CenterOnBudget | Part-time writer, full-time (jaded) idealist | Views my own

[Peggy Bailey @PeggyBaileyDC]

Another piece of evidence that the administration isn’t about helping families.

This move is about making it harder for families to get the support they need from the govt when their income isn’t high enough to afford basic needs like housing, food or health care.

[Aditi S @WritingAditi]

The Trump Administration’s decision to halt these pilots goes against the law passed by Congress and harms low-income families in the five selected states—and ultimately, vulnerable families across the nation.

[Aditi S @WritingAditi]

HHS's decision to cancel pilot projects for 5 states under the #TANF program is a major setback for low- income families. In his recent blog, my colleague Nick Gwyn explains why this is a big deal: https://t.co/ghzZD6uGCF

[Aditi S @WritingAditi]

TANF, which serves just 1 in 5 families in poverty, desperately needs reform. With TANF’s frozen, block-granted funding and strict work requirements, these pilot projects offered a critical opportunity for positive change based on measuring outcomes for families.

[Aditi S @WritingAditi]

Congress should prioritize what’s best for children and families and reject cuts to TANF and SSBG.

[Aditi S @WritingAditi]

The onslaught of harm continues. Republican budget proposals around TANF and SSBG jeopardize the wellbeing of millions of children, as this new fact sheet from @CLASP_DC shows:
https://t.co/rle9Vgugll

[Aditi S @WritingAditi]

This doesn’t just jeopardize child development support that children need, but also creates obstacles while their parents work or go to school.

[If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice @ifwhenhow]

Pregnant people and their families should not be forced to worry if they will have the resources they need to thrive.

Reproductive justice = racial justice = economic justice.

[Aditi S @WritingAditi]

More tax cuts for the wealthy paid for by slashing support for families in poverty is the absolute wrong direction for our nation. TANF needs to be improved, not cut.

[Aditi S @WritingAditi]

The latest idea for paying for tax cuts for the wealthy? Taking away income assistance from the poorest families, through the red tape of harsher work requirements.

https://t.co/Bd45dR2smi

[Aditi S @WritingAditi]

Making these requirements harsher and more inflexible will further cut the number of families TANF assists, and make it harder for people to meet their families’ basic needs.

https://t.co/j2e4myMzeI