Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Background

Background on Temporary Assistance

Latest News

CHN issues letter to House in strong support of the TANF Emergency Fund extension, expected to be part of the American Jobs, Closing Tax Loopholes and Preventing Outsourcing Act (H.R. 4213) (5/20/10)
HNR: More Access to Education Possible Under TANF Final Rule (2/15/08)
CHN: Testimony on TANF & Family Income Support (3/20/07)
CBPP: TANF At 10: Program Results are More Mixed Than Often Understood (8/17/06)
Washington Post: Welfare Changes a Burden to States (8/7/06)
CBPP and CLASP: Analsis of New Interim Final TANF Rules (7/21/06)

=> More News

Policy Analyses and Research

CBPP: "YouCut" Vote Mischaracterizes TANF Emergency Fund (5/20/10)
CBPP: TANF Emergency Fund Extension Has Wide Support (5/3/10)
NAEH: Using TANF to Support and Improve Efforts to End Family Homelessness (3/29/10)
NILC: Overview of Immigrant Eligibility for Federal Programs (March 2010)
Legal Momentum: In the First Twenty Two Months of the Recession Caseloads Increased 35% in Food Stamps but Just 12% in TANF (March 2010)
CBPP: Extending the TANF Emergency Fund Would Create and Preserve Jobs Quickly and Efficiently (2/17/10)
CLASP: Job Creation: Extending the TANF Emergency Fund Creates Jobs Now (1/8/10)

=> More Policy Analyses and Research

Government Resources

GAO: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: Implications of Changes in Participation Rates (3/11/10)
GAO: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families:  Fewer Eligible Families Have Received Cash Assistance Since the 1990s, and the Recession's Impact on Caseloads Varies by State (February 2010)
Summary of Public Law 109-171 - formerly S. 1932/H.R. 4241 "Deficit Reduction Act" (signed into law 2/8/06)
This law reauthorizes TANF until 2011

=> More Government Resources

Briefings

CHN: Introduction to TANF Reauthorization (7/23/09)