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"So that tells me that these children dropped off not because of eligibility requirements, but because of paperwork issues. And that's unacceptable, right?"

“So that tells me that these children dropped off not because of eligibility requirements, but because of paperwork issues. And that's unacceptable, right?”
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September 18, 2026

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We have had some job growth, right? We have 2%— we're 2% down in that same time period for unemployment rates. But the child population has only dropped by less than 1% over that same period. So that tells me that these children dropped off not because of eligibility requirements, but because of paperwork issues. And that's unacceptable, right?

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