A safety-net scandal totaling at least $77 million resembles one in Minnesota, according to a Republican auditor.

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program serves as a vital resource for families struggling to make ends meet. This federally funded initiative is uniquely administered by each state ...

Despite the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program’s ostensible purpose of alleviating poverty, it consistently fails to respond in a timely or sufficient manner during economic ...

Nearly 20 years after the watershed 1996 welfare law, something is not right. The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program that replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) in ...

Donna K. Ginther, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, and National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Michelle Johnson-Motoyama ([email protected]), Ohio State University, ...

Money. When will SNAP benefits be paid in November 2025 if the government reopens in time? Money. SNAP Benefits Payment: Food aid will not be distributed from this date, USDA confirms The Temporary ...

President Trump signaled its return to the forefront of national policy debates in his State of the Union address on Tuesday, when he announced a plan to “lift our citizens from welfare to work.” He ...

TANF is an important piece in supporting families with low or no income. However, Pennsylvania has not increased TANF cash grants in 30 years to keep up with inflation and rising cost of living.

Across Tennessee I meet parents who are terrified — not because they don’t work hard, but because the math no longer works. A flat paycheck, rising rent, higher medicine costs and groceries that keep ...

Under the TANF block grant, states are able to develop independent sanctioning policies. 9, 10 In addition, caseworkers are able to exercise some discretion in whom they sanction and when. 11, 12 As a ...