Download or read book The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TANF Block Grant written by Gene Falk and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant provides federal grants to states for a wide range of benefits, services, and activities. It is best known for helping states pay for cash welfare for needy families with children, but it funds a wide array of additional activities. TANF was created in the 1996 welfare reform law (P.L. 104-193). TANF funding and program authority were extended through FY2010 by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA, P.L. 109-171). TANF provides a basic block grant of $16.5 billion to the 50 states and District of Columbia, and $0.1 billion to U.S. territories. Additionally, 17 states qualify for supplemental grants that total $319 million. TANF also requires states to contribute from their own funds at least $10.4 billion for benefits and services to needy families with children -- this is known as the maintenance-of-effort (MOE) requirement. States may use TANF and MOE funds in any manner "reasonably calculated" to achieve TANF's statutory purpose. This purpose is to increase state flexibility to achieve four goals: (1) provide assistance to needy families with children so that they can live in their own homes or the homes of relatives; (2) end dependence of needy parents on government benefits through work, job preparation, and marriage; (3) reduce out-of-wedlock pregnancies; and (4) promote the formation and maintenance of two-parent families. Though TANF is a block grant, there are some strings attached to states' use of funds, particularly for families receiving "assistance" (essentially cash welfare). States must meet TANF work participation standards or be penalised by a reduction in their block grant. The law sets standards stipulating that at least 50% of all families and 90% of two-parent families must be participating, but these statutory standards are reduced for declines in the cash welfare caseload. (Some families are excluded from the participation rate calculation.) Activities creditable toward meeting these standards are focused on work or are intended to rapidly attach welfare recipients to the workforce; education and training is limited. Federal TANF funds may not be used for a family with an adult that has received assistance for 60 months. This is the five-year time limit on welfare receipt. However, up to 20% of the caseload may be extended beyond the five years for reason of "hardship", with hardship defined by the states. Additionally, states may use funds that they must spend to meet the TANF MOE to aid families beyond five years. TANF work participation rules and time limits do not apply to families receiving benefits and services not considered "assistance". Child care, transportation aid, state earned income tax credits for working families, activities to reduce out-of-wedlock pregnancies, activities to promote marriage and two-parent families, and activities to help families that have experienced or are "at risk" of child abuse and neglect are examples of such "nonassistance".
Download or read book Nebraska State Plan for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TANF Program written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TANF written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book TANF written by Family Independence Agency and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Temporary Assistance for Needy Families written by Pennsylvania. Department of Public Welfare and published by . This book was released on 2002* with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book State Plan for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TANF written by Arizona and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TANF State Plan written by Nevada. Division of Welfare and Supportive Services and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proposed State Plan for North Dakota s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TANF Program written by North Dakota. Department of Human Services and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Draft New Jersey State Plan for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TANF written by New Jersey. Department of Human Services and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book North Carolina s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book North Carolina s State Plan for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families P L 104 193 written by North Carolina. Division of Social Services and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New York State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TANF written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the New York Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) state plan. Allows users to download the full text of TANF documents. Notes that the state's program is no longer Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), but is now called Family Assistance (FA). Links to the home page of the Department of Family Assistance.
Download or read book Temporary Assistance for Needy Families State Plan written by Nevada. Welfare Division and published by . This book was released on 199? with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The State of New Hampshire Temporary Assistance for Needy Families State Plan written by New Hampshire. Department of Health and Human Services and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Temporary Assistance for Needy Families written by South Carolina. Department of Social Services and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
