Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) : Size and Characteristics of the Cash Assistance Caseload.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Program).

Families.

Public welfare--Finance.

Public welfare.

Unemployment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (22 pages)) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2014.

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Summary:

Examines characteristics of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance caseload in FY2012, and compares it with selected post- and pre-welfare reform years, focusing on changes in composition and characteristics of families receiving assistance. Provides brief history of cash assistance for needy families with children, discussing how policy became focused on moving single parents who headed these families from welfare to work. Traces changes in caseload composition since 1996 welfare reform law, from a caseload dominated by unemployed single parents to a diverse caseload that had different routes to the benefit rolls as well as different circumstances on the rolls. Includes tables and graphs.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Feb. 2015). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: United Nations. Division for Social Policy and Development. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

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