2022年6月29日 · The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program is designed to help families with children experiencing low-income achieve economic security and stability. States receive block grants to design and operate programs that accomplish one of the purposes of the TANF program.

2022年7月19日 · States can improve access to TANF to support families experiencing housing instability and homelessness in a few ways. They can remove upfront application requirements such as job search requirements, which deter families from applying and are not reasonable to expect from families struggling to stay housed.

2024年12月5日 · This page provides links to helpful TANF policy guidance documents, including Program Instructions, Information Memoranda, Policy Announcements, Questions and Answers, and Additional Resources. All TANF guidance documents are available in the Office of Family Assistance resource library.

2025年1月3日 · What is TANF? Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is a federally funded, state-run program. Also known as welfare, TANF helps families pay for: Food; Housing; Home energy; Child care; In addition to cash assistance for living expenses, many states offer job training and help with tuition payments for work-related education.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families is a joint effort between federal and state governments to assist the most vulnerable of its citizens. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides states with block grants to help them design and run programs that accomplish the four specific goals of TANF.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF / tænɪf /) is a federal assistance program of the United States. It began on July 1, 1997, and succeeded the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, providing cash assistance to indigent American families through the United States Department of Health and Human Services. [2] .

2023年5月9日 · TANF stands for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. TANF is a time-limited program that helps families when parents or other relatives cannot provide for the family's basic needs. The federal government provides grants to states to run the TANF program.

Reforming Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF): States’ Misuse of Welfare Funds Leaves Poor Families Behind 118th Congress (2023-2024) House Committee Hearing Hide Overview

TANF has four statutory goals, which are to: (1) provide assistance to needy families so that children may be cared for in their own homes or homes of relatives; (2) end dependence of needy parents on government benefits by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage; (3) prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies; and

2022年2月8日 · TANF is an important tool that states can leverage in connecting families experiencing homelessness to the services they need, including TANF-funded services such as cash assistance and childcare support, and more traditional housing supports such as rapid re-housing programs and subsidized housing.