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States Have Flexibility to Move TANF Work Programs in an Antiracist Direction

April 21, 2022 | and
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) was billed by its supporters as an effort to improve cash assistance recipients’ employment opportunities. Instead, it laid the foundation for states to perpetuate racist ideas that have dominated cash assistance programs since their inception.
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Policy Basics

Under TANF, states require recipients to engage in work activities and must impose sanctions (by reducing or ending benefits) on those who do not meet work requirements.

The Family Income Support Team elevates the ineffectiveness of work requirements. FIS research finds parents subject to work requirements often do not find consistent work or earn enough to lift their families out of poverty.

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