A group of 28 California Democrats are alleging the Trump administration is acting outside of the law in canceling a pilot program that allowed the state to better implement cash welfare to low income families.
California was “deselected,” alongside Maine, Kentucky, Minnesota and Ohio, in March for a Biden-era program that allowed states to revamp Temporary Assistance For Needy Families in their states. The program was initially established under the bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. The Trump administration canceled the pilot programs, claiming it would take a “new approach.”
“We find it appalling that your Department appears willing to disregard California’s duly — and fairly-awarded pilot,” Rep. Judy Chu, alongside other Democrats, wrote in a letter addressed to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and shared exclusively with NOTUS.