News Releases

    Statement on Preservation of EITC, Over $100 Million in Tax Credits for the Poor

    News Release / Posted April 27, 2011

    Michigan Catholic Conference released the following statement today following the adoption of a general revision to the income tax code by the House Tax Policy Committee, which will allocate some $105 million to the poor in Michigan through a $25 per child refundable Earned Income Tax Credit and an increased Homestead Property Tax Credit for those earning less than $20,000 per year.

    Catholic Conference Praises Supporters of D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program

    News Release / Posted March 31, 2011

    In what is to be considered a major victory for the school choice movement, the United States House of Representatives yesterday voted to reauthorize the Opportunity Scholarship Program for students in the District of Columbia. The program allows low-income students to receive a scholarship to attend a private school of their parents’ choice. Michigan Catholic Conference released the following statement praising those who voted to support this policy.

    Catholic Conference Urges House Committee to Abdicate Welfare Reform Efforts

    News Release / Posted March 15, 2011

    Citing statistics from the Department of Human Services (DHS), Michigan Catholic Conference Vice President for Public Policy Tom Hickson today urged the House Families, Children and Seniors Committee to abdicate plans to pursue increased penalties and lifetime limits within the DHS Family Independence Program, which provides state financial assistance to families with children. Hickson also included in his testimony alternative suggestions for committee members if they were adamant about pursuing welfare reform.

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