(Wade Horn) Welfare, abstinence chief resigns

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Welfare, abstinence chief resigns

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Writer | April 2, 2007

WASHINGTON --Wade Horn, the Bush administration's point man for welfare reform,
Head Start and abstinence education, resigned Monday as assistant secretary for
children and families.

In the Department of Health and Human Services, Horn oversaw a $46 billion budget
and 65 programs that serve vulnerable children and families. He is best known for
his work on issues embraced by social conservatives, such as more money for faith-
based groups and organizations that work to help couples improve their marriage.

Republicans gave some of those programs significant funding increases when they
were in the majority. For example, Congress set aside for the next five years up to
$100 million a year to promote marriage and $50 million a year to produce committed
fathers. Similar expansions may be harder to come by with a Democratic majority.

The Senate confirmed Horn in July 2001. He is a child psychologist.

Horn said Monday that he would work for Deloitte & Touche LLP. His resignation is
effective Sunday. He said that he considered the reauthorization of welfare reform
last year and the implementation of a mentoring program for children of prisoners
as signature achievements.

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[ewagner]

1. Resignation effective Sunday?

Easter Sunday?

Is that symbolic? Does he think he's rising from the Dead?

another furry rodent leaving the ship eh?

[Delphinus]

9. Speaking of furry rats,

did you happen to see the 60 Minutes piece on how many people jumped ship after the Medicare Part D, prescription drug plan, passed Congress? Amazing (in a not good way).

[DURHAM D]

2. Funny - the first question that popped into my head?

Did he get caught in an on line hookup with a minor?

[shain from kane]

3. Me so horny. The abstinence chief.

[blm]

5. Horn is a longtime RevMoon operative.

I wonder with all the scandals around Bush WH if even RevMoon is backing away from him.

[rodeodance]

4. this was on DU a few weeks ago when he first announced it.

[Toots]

6. The rats are abandoning ship in droves now..

I am sure he has seen the handwriting on the wall. Investigations are gunna go on and he would certainly be in the firing line. A hundred million to promote marriage. What a crock.. someone made off with a few quick million..I doubt there are any more marriages since he has been there and in fact probably less.

[supernova]

7. Why is a child psychologist

going to work for a Wall St accounting firm?

Those two things don't go together. :shrug:

(Not that a lot of things make sense with conservatives. It's just that this combo makes even less sense to me than usual.)

[Wanet]

8. Deloitte, etc. sells accounting software to county and state welfare agencies

It's like the retirning Secretary of HHS going to work for a pharmaceutical company. -- Wanet