This brief profiles three work experience programs that engage nearly all work-ready TANF recipients in unpaid work … employment in the paid labor market. TANF recipients are assigned to entry-level jobs at government offices, nonprofit agencies … hourly wage, recipients receive their TANF grant and food stamp benefits in exchange for the hours they work. In addition to …

Notes that in spring 1999, almost 60 percent of families left Iowa's TANF program voluntarily and most were able to …

parents receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and 3) immigrant parents not eligible for TANF. Different needs emerged … and behavior problems than other children who receive TANF. High rates of food insecurity are a concern for SSI parents …

managers and administrators accountable for increasing the work participation of TANF recipients. The selected strategies use …

contributed to the state's current program of pre- and postemployment services for TANF recipients. Notes implementation …

Both Maryland and Utah more than doubled their state TANF work participation rates within a one-year period. Maryland …

When TANF was created in 1996, the program imposed new requirements on states to compel welfare recipients to work and …. As we enter TANF's second decade, it is useful to examine what approaches states have taken to meeting these requirements … and how their policy choices may have influenced their TANF outcomes. This issue brief examines TANF policy options and …