Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Background

Background on Temporary Assistance

Latest News

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)

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Policy Analyses and Research

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)
CHN: Introduction to TANF Reauthorization (7/23/09)
CBPP: Online Information About Key Low-Income Benefit Programs Links to Policy Manuals, Descriptive Information, and Applications for State Food Stamp, TANF, Child Care, Medicaid, and SCHIP Programs (4/27/09)

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Government Resources

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
Status of H.R. 4635 "TANF and Child Care Continuation Act of 2005" (extends TANF until 3/31/06) (signed into law 12/30/05)
Congressional Research Service: TANF Work Participation Standards- Revising the Caseload Reduction Credit (12/19/05)
Congressional Research Service: Welfare Reauthorization - Side-by-Side Comparison of Current Law, Senate and House Bills (11/21/05) (126 page PDF document)

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