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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

GOPDD: State to County: Don’t Ask Welfare Recipients About Citizenship

Apr 12, 2016 by Jen

(Via CNSNews) Commissioners in Sedgwick County, Kansas have been warned not to ask participants in a federal nutrition program about their citizenship status- or risk losing the contract to run the welfare program.

In a letter commissioners received last week, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) said asking about the status of participants in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program before a change in state eligibility requirements “may result in termination of the contract” the county has to operate WIC.
KSN-TV reports that County Commissioner Chairman Richard Ranzau had sent a letter to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment requesting the state ensures the program is limited to United States citizens, nationals and qualified aliens.