Welfare Reform: Better Information Needed to Understand Trends in States' Uses of the Tanf Block Grant

Welfare Reform: Better Information Needed to Understand Trends in States' Uses of the Tanf Block Grant
ISBN-10
1422307239
ISBN-13
9781422307236
Series
Welfare Reform
Pages
68
Language
English
Published
2006-09
Publisher
DIANE Publishing
Authors
David D. Bellis, Stanley J. Czerwinski

Description

Under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grants, states have the authority to make decisions about how to allocate fed. & state funds to assist low-income families. States' increased flexibility under TANF as well as the budgetary stresses they experienced after a recession draw attention to the fiscal partnership between the fed. gov't. & states. This report examines: changes in the overall level of welfare-related spending; changes in spending priorities for welfare-related non-health services; & the contribution of TANF funds to states' spending for welfare-related serv. Reviewed spending in 9 states for FY Ô95, Ô00, & Ô04. Focused on spending for working-age adults & children, excl. the elderly, long-term & institutional care.

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