Add to ORKGSince creation of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program in 1996 (and even before then in some states) states have greatly restructured their welfare programs to move families from welfare to work. The entitlement to cash assistance, in effect for more than 60 years, has been eliminated. Instead, states and counties have received broad flexibility under TANF to help low-income families with children move to self-sufficiency. These policy choices, as highlighted here, will significantly affect society's ability to address the needs of low-income families
TANF should be a work-based safety net that strengthens families. The history of the past fourteen y...
jor cash assistance program for low-income families—and replaced it with a block grant called Tempor...
Examines 30 state and local programs to support low-income working families. Provides policymakers a...
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Temporary Assist...
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Personal R...
Synthesizes findings about the impact of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program on case...
Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This testimon...
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Tempora...
One way the federal government attempts to alleviate child poverty and the associated trauma and exp...
One way the federal government attempts to alleviate child poverty and the associated trauma and exp...
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "One-third of the 2.1...
Examines trends in the state programs' caseloads, eligibility rules, and characteristics of families...
[Excerpt] This report examines the TANF cash assistance caseload, focusing on how the composition an...
In 1996 welfare reform ushered in a new era in which cash assistance for poor parents became both te...
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Congress creat...
TANF should be a work-based safety net that strengthens families. The history of the past fourteen y...
jor cash assistance program for low-income families—and replaced it with a block grant called Tempor...
Examines 30 state and local programs to support low-income working families. Provides policymakers a...
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Temporary Assist...
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Personal R...
Synthesizes findings about the impact of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program on case...
Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This testimon...
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Tempora...
One way the federal government attempts to alleviate child poverty and the associated trauma and exp...
One way the federal government attempts to alleviate child poverty and the associated trauma and exp...
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "One-third of the 2.1...
Examines trends in the state programs' caseloads, eligibility rules, and characteristics of families...
[Excerpt] This report examines the TANF cash assistance caseload, focusing on how the composition an...
In 1996 welfare reform ushered in a new era in which cash assistance for poor parents became both te...
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Congress creat...
TANF should be a work-based safety net that strengthens families. The history of the past fourteen y...
jor cash assistance program for low-income families—and replaced it with a block grant called Tempor...
Examines 30 state and local programs to support low-income working families. Provides policymakers a...