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Supporting Human Needs
Support for and improvement of the federal government’s network of programs to reduce the numbers of those living in poverty, support workers’ efforts to achieve self-sufficiency and ensure continuing benefits for those who require a safety net to feed their families. (EC 03/02)
Support the longstanding practice of receiving public funding for faith-based social service programs so long as such programs maintain all historic separation of Church and State (EC 06/01)
Support increased public funding for programs addressing critical human needs at the local, state, and federal level through both secular and faith-based providers, support proposals to use the tax code to create incentives for increasing charitable giving, and encourage Episcopalians to be active in supporting such proposals through advocacy. (EC 06/01)
Encourage Dioceses and Congregations to collaborate with state and local governments to address negative effects of welfare reform. (GC 1997)
Support a welfare system that does not discriminate on the basis of marital status, age, legal immigrant status, or ability to identify other parent. (EC 02/95)
Support a welfare system that holds families together. (EC 02/95)
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