The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program is consolidating itself as a fundamental pillar for the economic ...

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program for 2022 is set to provide support for families in the United States at a time when inflation and energy bills are soaring, making it more important ...

Nearly 20 years after the watershed 1996 welfare law, something is not right. The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program that replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) in ...

It has been nearly a decade since the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program was fully reauthorized, and funding levels have been flat for even longer. The last time funding for TANF ...

Instacart announced today that it will expand its EBT SNAP payments program to all Instacart retail grocery partners by 2030. The company launched EBT SNAP payments in November 2020 and has since ...

One little-noticed provision in the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill that marked the final act of the last Congress was another straight extension of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ...

The ACLU is a nationwide, non-partisan organization with nearly 300,000 members dedicated to protecting the individual liberties and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United ...

Mississippi's welfare scandal was at the center of a congressional hearing on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families reform Tuesday. Brett Favre was among the witnesses testifying in front of the ...

Greetings to Members of the Committee: Thank you for this opportunity to testify. In the discussion below we will make three arguments as follows: The reauthorized bill should include strengthened ...

Tennessee is sitting on more than $730 million in unused federal block grant funds designed to help poor working families, a figure the conservative Beacon Center of Tennessee says is concerning. The ...

Ruiz and McKnight say TANF is not set up to help residents escape cycle of poverty A key safety net for families living in extreme poverty is shrinking at a time when the need is surging. According to ...

Mississippi Senate and House Democrats heard updates and reform recommendations Tuesday on the state's welfare program from advocates and state officials. Among chief concerns expressed at a TANF ...