TANF
Proper noun
Meaning
TANF
(US) Initialism of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
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A ThinkProgress article that in 2016, only 167 of the 11,700 Mississippi families who applied for a TANF payment were approved.
Last month to almost no attention the House Ways and Means Committee moved a bill from Chairman Kevin Brady that would update the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, known as TANF.
Nelson’s legislation would disqualify applicants who fail their drug tests from TANF for six months.
Gini Pingenot, legislative director for the Colorado Counties Inc., said many Colorado counties have already committed their TANF reserves for other programs.
The primary anti-poverty program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant, $16.7 billion in FY 2018.
He pointed out that the number of families served by TANF may be twice as high as the official caseload estimate, which only counts people receiving cash assistance.