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College Support Programs Tailored to TANF Parents Can Expand Employment Opportunities, Increase Earnings, and Promote Equity

July 31, 2023 | and
States can and should use the flexibility and financial resources they have to support parents receiving income support from the TANF program and allow them to participate in two- and four-year college programs.
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Under TANF, states require recipients to engage in work activities and take benefits away from those who do not meet work requirements.

We elevate the ineffectiveness of work requirements and options for states to take advantage of the flexibility they have to operate programs that help families to achieve their hopes and dreams.

Subsidized Jobs Programs Work, New Report Shows
A new report from Georgetown’s Center on Poverty and Inequality draws on 40 years of evidence from subsidized jobs programs to call for increased federal, state, and local investments in these...
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