SM 19 — REDUCE CLIFF EFFECT & GENERATIONAL POVERTY

SENATEA MEMORIAL 19URGING 55THTHE LEGISLATUREPRESIDENT -OF STATETHE UNITED STATES, THE NEW MEXICO CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION AND ALL OTHER MEMBERS OF NEWMEXICOCONGRESS -TO FIRSTADDRESS SESSIONREDUCING 2021THE INTRODUCED"CLIFF BYEFFECT" DavidAND M.ENDING GENERATIONAL POVERTY.

Gallegos7 6WHEREAS, 8everyone 10should Ahave MEMORIALthe URGINGopportunity THEto PRESIDENTwork OFhard THEand UNITEDachieve STATES,family THEeconomic NEWsecurity, MEXICOand CONGRESSIONALeconomic DELEGATIONindependence ANDshould ALLbe OTHERrewarded; MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO ADDRESS REDUCING THE "CLIFF EFFECT" AND ENDING GENERATIONAL POVERTY.

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and c e s k 23 WHEREAS, hard-working families with fewer resources may e a n b 24 need work supports to help them cover basic necessities, such u [ as food, child care or health care, until these families can be .218955.1 financially self-sufficient;

and WHEREAS, in many cases, the value of a lost or reduced SM 19 Page 1 benefit can exceed an increase in wages;

and WHEREAS, the cliff effect occurs when an increase in e t 17 income is enough to disqualify a family from receiving the work w l n d 18 support benefit but is not enough to cover the cost of the lost = = 19 a l benefit;

and i a e r 20 WHEREAS, there are some concerns that increasing income a t m m 21 would have the unintended consequence of a family losing child d r e 22 care assistance and other benefits when the family's income c e s k 23 surpasses the income eligibility ceiling;

and e a n b 24 WHEREAS, the cliff effect is creating a permanent class of u [ workers caught in the dilemma of how to pay for competing .218955.1 - 2 - needs, such as food, child care, housing, medication and other essential goods and services while trying to get ahead;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the federal government be SM 19 Page 2 urged to create policies that would reduce the cliff effect, in support of working families trying to improve their lives and the lives of their children;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the federal government be urged to address cliff effect policies in all areas of benefits e t 17 to ensure that a situation is not created that keeps low-income w l n d 18 families who are striving to work hard and achieve family = = 19 a l economic security from achieving success;

and i a e r 20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be a t m m 21 transmitted to the president of the United States, the New d r e 22 Mexico congressional delegation and all other members of c e s k 23 congress.

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