Child Welfare League of America: Advocacy: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, a $16.5 billion block grant, is the main cash assistance program in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. TANF has also developed into a major source of child welfare and child care funding.

Twelve Years of Leaving Foster Children Behind
Letter from CWLA to the Office of Family Assistance, U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Regarding TANF Interim Final Rule (PDF; Requires Adobe Reader.)
2005 Deficit Reduction Act
TANF Participation Rate Structure Under the Budget Reconciliation Act: A Summary of the Rules (from the Center on Law and Social Policy) (PDF; Requires Adobe Reader.)
3/08/06: Sign on Letter for TANF Regulations (PDF; Requires Adobe Reader.)
TANF Legislative Activity Archive

For more information on TANF, please contact John Sciamanna, CWLA Senior Government Affairs Associate, at 703/412-3161 or jsciamanna@cwla.org.

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