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Committee sends resolution seeking federal grant flexibility to support adoption and birth‑mother services to the floor
Summary
Sen. Julie Van Orden’s SCR105 asks that any future federal family‑planning or family‑health grants include allowance for adoption education, birth‑mother support and adoption‑expense coverage; the House Health and Welfare Committee voted to send the resolution to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation.
Senator Julie Van Orden (R.-Dist. 30) presented Senate Concurrent Resolution 105 to the House Health and Welfare Committee, saying the measure asks Congress to ensure that any future federal grants in the “health and welfare space” allow states to use funds for adoption education, adoption awareness, birth‑mother support and adoption‑expense assistance.
Van Orden emphasized the resolution does not request federal funds be sent to Idaho; rather it asks that if federal grants for family planning or family health become available, Congress should permit states to use those funds for adoption‑related services. “We are not asking Congress to send us federal…
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