a category of public assistance paid on behalf of children who are deprived of one or both parents by reason of death, disability or continued absence from the home.
TANF is an income support program for households with children.
Created by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, TANF became effective in South Carolina on December 1, 1996, and replaced what was then commonly known as "welfare": Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) programs. TANF provides financial support to needy families with children and provides parents with job preparation, work, and support services to enable them to leave the program and become self-sufficient.
Temporary Assistance to Needed Families, which is federal assistance, which replaced the Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). It requires all participants to find work after receiving assistance for 24 months and to participate in community services within two months.
Cash assistance program in Indiana, it is still administered by the Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) through the county offices of the Division of Family and Children (OFC) Also through the TANF program you could receive services for: Welfare-to-Work, Workforce Investment Act, Child Care and Food Stamps. http://www.welfareinfo.org/tanf_ reauthorization.htm.
A State-based federal cash assistance program for low-income families. TANF replaces the former program known as Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). CalWORKs is the name of California's TANF program.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, which is called OWF in Ohio.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. A federal welfare program.
Temporary Aid to Needy Families. Created by the 1996 welfare reform law, TANF is a program of block grants to states to help them meet the needs poor of families. It replaces AFDC, JOBS, Emergency Assistance and some other preceding federal welfare programs. Because of TANF-imposed time limits, states trying to place TANF recipients in jobs as quickly as possible, often using program funds to pay for transportation, child care and other barriers to workforce participation.
See "Temporary Assistance for Needy Families."
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant. Replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program (AFDC).
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. Replaced Aid to Families with Dependant Children (AFDC or ADC). In Michigan, known as Financial Independence Program (FIP).
The Federal block grant program Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, which replaces the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program. In Utah, this program is known as "FEP", Family Employment Program.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. See: Program Summary - TANF; Standards - Cash Assistance
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families – the Federal funding source for Public Assistance. TANF may be used in support of certain preventive services.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, formerly Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). It is the cash assistance program for low-income families. TANF beneficiaries are also eligible for Medicaid.
Temporary Aid to Needy Families (formerly Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) is cash assistance typically given to mothers and children who have no other viable means of support. TANF usually includes access to Medicaid.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, the federal program funding state plans to help low-income families and promote work.
