Rhode Island Coalition for Children and Families says federal funding should not be conditioned on ideological restrictions
Rhode Island Coalition for Children and FamiliesMembership coalition of child and family service providers and lead plaintiff, in a statement by executive director Tanja Kubas-Meyer
Executive director Tanja Kubas-Meyer says the coalition regrets having to join the suit to protect the children and families its members serve, and that funding should not carry restrictions that conflict with providers' missions.
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HHS's requirement that grant recipients align with agency priorities and advance the President's policy priorities exceeds HHS's statutory authority.
“Federal funding should support children and families' needs and not be conditioned on ideological restrictions that conflict with providers' missions and obligations.”
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Domestic-violence coalitions and Rhode Island nonprofits sue HHS over grant terms requiring alignment with agency priorities
Twenty-eight plaintiffs, led by Rhode Island nonprofits and state domestic-violence coalitions, sued HHS over grant terms requiring recipients to align with agency and presidential priorities. They call the terms unlawful and vague; HHS has not yet answered in court.
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ACLU of Rhode Island release announcing the lawsuit, with statements from the Rhode Island Coalition for Children and Families, Community Care Alliance, the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Lawyers' Committee for Rhode Island and the ACLU of Rhode Island, and the full list of plaintiffs.
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Kubas-Meyer said it was deeply regrettable that the coalition had to join the suit to protect the children and families its members serve.
After the quotation
She said the coalition was taking this step because all children and families deserve access to the care, support and resources they need.
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Why this label?
The reference point is HHS's grant conditions requiring recipients to align with agency priorities and advance the President's policy priorities. The lead plaintiff calls them ideological restrictions that conflict with providers' missions and obligations, which condemns them.
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“These restrictions are incredibly broad and put grant applicants between a rock and a hard place: They can choose to apply and accept restrictions that are counter to their own missions or not apply, lose the grant funding, and be unable to support the people in their communities.”Read statement
Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence says the HHS grant restrictions threaten survivors' access to safety and support
Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence
“Survivors deserve access to safety and support without unnecessary barriers, yet, these harmful restrictions imposed by the Department of Health and Human Services threaten that fundamental principle.”Read statement
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