{"id":302940,"date":"2023-12-06T18:46:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T00:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=302940"},"modified":"2023-12-05T22:38:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T04:38:05","slug":"bidens-hhs-deprive-pregnancy-centers-federal-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/bidens-hhs-deprive-pregnancy-centers-federal-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s HHS seeks to deprive pregnancy centers of federal funds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Pregnancy Help News<\/a>) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is working to thwart pregnancy help organizations from receiving federal funds through a proposed rule change that incorrectly assesses the work of pregnancy centers.<\/p>\n

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TANF, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, is a federal assistance program begun in 1997 that succeeded the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program (AFDC) and gives cash assistance to American families in need via HHS.<\/p>\n

U.S. states receive federal funds through TANF that they can award to programs and organizations that do the following:<\/p>\n

1. Provide assistance to needy families so that children can be cared for in their own homes or in the homes of relatives.<\/p>\n

2. End the dependence of needy parents on government benefits by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage.<\/p>\n

3. Prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies.<\/p>\n

4. Encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families.<\/p>\n

Many states give TANF funds to pregnancy help organizations because they help to meet some or all the prescribed TANF goals.<\/p>\n

But in October the Biden Administration released the proposed HHS rule change that prevents states from giving the federal funds to pregnancy centers.<\/p>\n