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Siskiyou County social services warns board of federal letters that could pause welfare and childcare payments to states
Summary
Social services staff told the Board the federal Administration for Children and Families had sent letters to five states, including California, requesting documents and warning that some federal payments could be withheld; staff flagged privacy and procedural concerns and asked the Board to note potential local impacts.
Mister Barbieri, director of the Social Services Division, told the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors that federal letters sent to five states could put certain federal welfare and childcare payments at risk unless states produce requested documentation.
"Defend the Spend is a new program that's initiated by DOGE, the government or Department of Government Efficiency, and it requires Federal agencies to manually review and approve requests for Federal funding," Barbieri said, describing the July–January correspondence the county received. He…
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