In response to higher effective work participation rates that followed the reauthorization of the TANF program in 2005 …, states added new policies and programs that divert eligible families from the TANF system. This report describes states … condition of their TANF eligibility; 19 other states required applicants to complete a TANF program orientation or an 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 …

Federal law permits American Indian tribes to operate TANF programs for their members, an option that entails benefits …

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 …

This brief profiles three programs, two statewide and one local, that provide work opportunities to TANF recipients … further their education while reinforcing the emphasis of the TANF program on encouraging recipients to engage in work as …

growth has been accompanied by improvements in multidimensional child welfare using a first-order dominance approach applied … do not indicate broad-based welfare advancement at the national, urban, or rural levels, they do suggest progress within …

This report describes the status of over 1,000 Virginia families 18 months after their TANF cases closed because of a … time limit. It finds that nearly all parents worked after leaving TANF, with average hours, hourly wages, and total … child care subsidies. As of November 2002, 15 percent of the families had returned to TANF. …