The heart of his plan involves ending the current models for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or food stamps, Section 8 rental assistance, and public housing programs. Instead, he would require states to apply for “Right to Rise” grants — essentially a fixed amount of money, doled out in proportion to how much a state currently receives, that states would use to help low-income residents how they see fit. “Right to Rise Grants will give states more flexibility in how services and benefits are delivered,” Bush writes in his proposal, which he says will better eliminate poverty...
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2016/01/08/3737330/jeb-bush-welfare-reform/
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