Gary Bauer on Welfare & Poverty 2000 Republican Primary Candidate for President

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.

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.”

Supports faith-based solutions for social ills