From the
Orlando Sentinel - By
Amy Pavuk, - An Orlando federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the state from drug testing welfare applicants in a case involving a Central Florida father, rejecting many of the state's claims of why the probes are legal. Luis W. Lebron, a 35-year-old University of Central Florida student who served in the Navy, applied with the Florida Department of Children and Families for emergency cash assistance this summer to help raise his 4-year-old son. The drug testing — a campaign pledge by Gov.
Rick Scott — began July 1 for applicants trying to get cash assistance througha program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. From July through September, more than 21,000 applicants have been approved for welfare, and only 32 have tested positive for drugs — although the department notes another 1,597 filled out the paperwork for benefits but then declined to take the drug test. So far, the state has reimbursed more than 4,100 people who passed the test, to the tune of $57,920.
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Orlando federal judge temporarily blocks state from drug testing welfare applicants
From the Orlando Sentinel - By Amy Pavuk, - An Orlando federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the state from drug testing welfare applicants in a case involving a Central Florida father, rejecting many of the state's claims of why the probes are legal. Luis W. Lebron, a 35-year-old University of Central Florida student who served in the Navy, applied with the Florida Department of Children and Families for emergency cash assistance this summer to help raise his 4-year-old son. The drug testing — a campaign pledge by Gov. Rick Scott — began July 1 for applicants trying to get cash assistance througha program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. From July through September, more than 21,000 applicants have been approved for welfare, and only 32 have tested positive for drugs — although the department notes another 1,597 filled out the paperwork for benefits but then declined to take the drug test. So far, the state has reimbursed more than 4,100 people who passed the test, to the tune of $57,920. Read more
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