The better idea is to refuse criminals any support, and any home that houses them.
They tried that in Chicago housing projects, didn’t work. Criminals, by their very nature, make their money outside the normal channels (welfare is just extra, when they can get it). No one could prove that any criminals were living in a welfare home.
This will only affect $ that the recipient gets from the State. FIP goes on their EBT card. It DOES NOT AFFECT FOOD STAMPS (I used to work in the child support area, so naturally I was alarmed that the children would go hungry). It DOES NOT AFFECT THEIR HEALTH CARE. All the other benefits the family gets will remain in effect (hey, look at that! “affect” and “effect” used in the same paragraph correctly!)
I don’t want the children to suffer for their parents’ bad behaviour. I DO want the parents to stop leaving lines of coke on the coffee table for their kids to OD on. I want the parents to stop selling the food they bought with their EBT card for drugs.
And in conclusion...a drug-free parent makes better decisions than a stoned one. Either the kids or the drugs, make your choice, then deal with the consequences. Drug testing is a consequence. Oh, and ya know how you know a parent is doing drugs? When they walk into your office and the whole office reeks of pot...and as a smoker, your smelling is off anyway, but if you can smell it...it’s gotta be bad. I hope they can tie CPS into this program, CPS is where all the drug use will be documented.