Mar 3, 2005 / 22:00 pm
Catholic Charities USA welcomes some senators’ efforts to put poverty issues on the Congressional agenda, calling their proposals “a good first step in addressing the needs of the nation's low-income families.”
Sens. Rick Santorum (R—PA), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R—TX), Sam Brownback (R—KS), and Jim Talent (R—MO) outlined their antipoverty agenda at a press conference yesterday.
The senators' proposed plans would reintroduce the CARE Act, create individual development accounts and work opportunity tax credits, and provide more support for former prisoners reentering society.
The CARE bill would provide crucial assistance to social service agencies that provide care to children, senior citizens, and people with disabilities, said Catholic Charities’ vice-president for social policy Sharon M. Daly.