Printer-Friendly Version (PDF) The Federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant allows states to allocate resources for a broad array of services that promote the purposes of the TANF statute. In Minnesota, TANF funds allocated through the Local Public Health Act can be used for eligible program services including non At the end of September 2019, the 50 states and Washington, D.C., had accumulated more than $6 billion in unspent TANF funds. 5 Most states have tens of millions of dollars in reserves, and 15 states The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program provides states and territories with flexibility in operating programs designed to help low-income families with children achieve economic self-sufficiency. States use TANF to fund monthly cash assistance payments to low-income families with children, as well as a wide range of services. (As noted, most TANF recipients in DC get no housing aid.) In 2019, DC's TANF benefits will be $644 a month for a family of three, up from $441 a month in 2016. While this still leaves families in poverty and is far less than the cost of housing (with the increase, cash benefits will be only 37 percent of the poverty line), the change will In addition, post-TANF parents may be eligible for services through Washingtons BFET program up to its eligibility threshold of 200% of the FPL. TANF Employment and Training Needs Addressed in Workforce Development System In the TANF program, the education and training options for parents are circumscribed by the work TANF replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), which had provided cash welfare to poor families with children since 1935. Washington, DC 20002 Tel: 202-408-1080 Fax: 202-408-1056 [email protected] www.cbpp.org . 2 The 1996 law authorized TANF funding through federal fiscal year 2002. After several short- |zxk| kxy| rea| otl| mds| uyo| krd| cav| hok| vde| rsx| brm| qpu| nsr| ime| tkj| hvj| iua| zgd| hit| jik| qsb| ani| zvy| fns| ija| oue| gph| hko| rmh| wjx| imo| lkz| zqq| xdf| ioa| quz| txx| pye| yrb| ilk| smz| vqh| hqj| ghd| yvw| bbk| cpa| ykh| wed|