Fourteen states and the District of Columbia raised their Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits between July 2018 and July 2019, our updated ... Read more
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the primary cash assistance program for families living in poverty, can play a key role in ensuring that families ... Read more
Update, November 13: We’ve updated this post to incorporate revised data the Census Bureau released in October. Economic hardship would be far more pervasive without ... Read more
As Labor Day approaches, now’s a good time to remember that most recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits are workers who turn ... Read more
We can all agree that Black children should have the same opportunity to thrive as their white peers. However, choices that some states have made in their TANF programs can limit Black children’s access to the same opportunity. Read more
TANF has an important role to play in stabilizing families so that parents can regain their economic footing and provide a foundation that helps their children grow and prosper. Read more
In replacing the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program with the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant 23 years ago, policymakers ... Read more
