Profiles the efforts of four states--FL, OR, TN, and UT--to address welfare recipients' mental health conditions, which … are often barriers to employment. Notes that these conditions, which occur at substantially higher rates in welfare …

Assessment is often the first step in helping TANF recipients living with a disability find and maintain employment …

To address challenges faced by hard-to-employ TANF clients, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, in … 2005. The initiative combined intensive home visitation and life skills education to prepare high-risk TANF clients in …

Some TANF recipients may have disabilities that would qualify them for the specialized employment preparation services … Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agencies provide. This brief explores the benefits and challenges of linking TANF and VR services …

Ten years ago, Congress reformed welfare by creating Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), which required … most welfare recipients to work and imposed time limits on benefits for the first time. Recent changes to federal TANF … on the implementation of TANF in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania highlights their different approaches to welfare …

strategies: (1) new work opportunities for TANF recipients, (2) administrative strategies, (3) TANF policy changes, and (4 …