Definitions for "Temporary Assistance for Needy Families"
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The stateâ€(tm)s welfare program. Families who receive TANF are automatically eligible for free lunches and breakfasts, but must make application to receive those benefits.
Provides cash assistance and work support for low-income families with children. TANF replaces the former Aid to Families with Dependent Children program (AFDC) as a result of changes under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996.
Public assistance benefits paid on behalf of needy, dependent children, provided by Title IV-A of the Social Security Act. Formerly known as Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)
The current federal welfare program. TANF provide cash assistance and work opportunities to low income families by providing states with federal funds to develop and implement their own welfare programs. TANF was created by the 1996 welfare reform and requires most heads of families to participate in some form of work activity in order to receive their benefits. More Info
A grant program to states that seeks to keep children in their own homes or homes of relatives; end parental dependence on welfare by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage; discourage pregnancy outside of marriage, and encourage formation and maintenence of two-parent families.
A category of public assistance paid on behalf of children who are deprived of one or both of their parents by reason of death, disability, or continued absence (including desertion) from the home. This program replaced the ADC/AFDC program effective January 1, 1997.
Formerly known as AFDC, Aid to Families with Dependent Children. A program that offers assistance and work opportunities to needy families by granting states the federal funds and wide flexibility to develop and implement their own welfare programs. For more information, click here.
A block grant program that makes federal matching funds available to states for cash and other assistance to low-income families with children. TANF was established by the 1996 welfare law that repealed its predecessor, the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. Prior to this repeal, states were required to extend Medicaid coverage to all families receiving AFDC benefits; states must, however, extend Medicaid to families with children who meet eligibility criteria that states had under their AFDC programs as of July 16, 1996.
Time-limited public assistance payments that are made to poor families, based on Title IV-A of the Social Security Act. TANF replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) when the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) was signed into law in 1996.
A federal program created by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, which delivers federal welfare funds to states in a single new block grant and replaces the former Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), Emergency Assistance (EA), and Job Opportunities and Basic Skill Training (JOBS) programs. Administered by a branch of the Federal Department of Health and Human Services.
provides assistance and work opportunities to needy families, including persons with mental illnesses by granting states the federal funds and wide flexibility to develop and implement their own welfare programs.
A program that provides cash benefits to low income families with children. When you qualify for TANF, you generally also qualify for Medicaid. In addition, Medicaid coverage often continues for a limited time or longer if you no longer qualify for TANF.
TANF) - Commonly used in reference to the federal assistance program of which a state operates. It was established under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act which states receive in order to operate a federally funded program to assist families with children. TANF funds are used for supportive services and federal benefits.
Title 1 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). The federal block grant program provides states with the authority and funding to create programs that provide time-limited assistance to needy families with children and promote work.
(TANF) The state welfare program.
TANF provides assistance and work opportunities to poverty-stricken families. It replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, which provided cash assistance based on need, income, resources, and family size. TANF limits the number of years a family could receive federal assistance, and changes the focus of welfare from cash assistance to transitioning into the workforce.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF, often pronounced "TAN-if") is the July 1, 1997, successor to the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, providing cash assistance to indigent American families with dependent children through the United States Department of Health and Human Services. It is the United States' federal assistance program commonly known as "welfare". Before 1996, eligibility was determined simply by entitlement.