Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

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U.S. federal assistance program public assistance program welfare program

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families is a U.S. federal assistance program that provides time-limited cash aid and work support services to low-income families with children.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
TANF	3
Aid to Families with Dependent Children	2
Temporary Cash Assistance in Maryland	1
Title I – Temporary Assistance for Needy Families	1
Title I—Block Grants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families	1
Work First Family Assistance	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. federal assistance program ⓘ public assistance program ⓘ welfare program ⓘ
abbreviation	Temporary Assistance for Needy Families self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: TANF
administeredBy	Administration for Children and Families ⓘ United States Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
appliesTo	low-income families with children ⓘ
canFund	cash assistance payments ⓘ child care assistance ⓘ employment services ⓘ job training programs ⓘ marriage and responsible fatherhood programs ⓘ transportation assistance for work ⓘ
contrastsWith	open-ended entitlement under AFDC ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdBy	PRWORA ⓘ Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion	U.S. citizenship or eligible immigration status ⓘ compliance with work requirements ⓘ income below state-specific threshold ⓘ presence of a minor child in the household ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
fundingMechanism	federal block grant to states ⓘ
fundingType	capped federal funding ⓘ
hasFeature	sanctions for noncompliance ⓘ state flexibility in program design ⓘ time limits on cash assistance ⓘ work participation requirements ⓘ
hasPolicyGoal	encourage formation and maintenance of two-parent families ⓘ promote job preparation ⓘ promote marriage ⓘ promote work ⓘ reduce out-of-wedlock pregnancies ⓘ
implementedBy	U.S. states ⓘ United States territories ⓘ surface form: U.S. territories tribal governments ⓘ
legalAuthority	Title IV of the Social Security Act ⓘ surface form: Title IV-A of the Social Security Act
provides	time-limited cash assistance ⓘ work support services ⓘ
relatedProgram	Earned Income Tax Credit ⓘ Medicaid ⓘ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ⓘ
replaced	Aid to Dependent Children ⓘ surface form: AFDC Aid to Dependent Children ⓘ surface form: Aid to Families with Dependent Children
signedIntoLawBy	Bill Clinton ⓘ
signingDate	1996-08-22 ⓘ
startDate	1997-07-01 ⓘ
targets	needy families ⓘ
timeLimit	60 months lifetime limit on federally funded assistance for most families ⓘ
workRequirement	mandatory work participation after a period on assistance ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families → abbreviation → Temporary Assistance for Needy Families self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: TANF

PRWORA → acronym → Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ⓘ

this entity surface form: TANF

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 → acronymOfCreatedProgram → Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ⓘ

this entity surface form: TANF

Maryland Department of Human Services → administersProgram → Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ⓘ

this entity surface form: Temporary Cash Assistance in Maryland

Social Security Act amendments → affects → Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aid to Families with Dependent Children

Social Security Act amendments → affects → Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ⓘ

PRWORA → containsTitle → Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title I – Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

PRWORA → createdProgram → Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ⓘ

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 → createdProgram → Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ⓘ

United States Senate Committee on Finance → hasJurisdictionOver → Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ⓘ

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 → includesTitle → Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title I—Block Grants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Administration for Children and Families → overseesProgram → Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ⓘ

United States Department of Health and Human Services → overseesProgram → Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ⓘ

United States House Committee on Ways and Means → overseesProgram → Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ⓘ

Aid to Dependent Children → relatedProgram → Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ⓘ

Aid to Dependent Children → replacedBy → Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ⓘ

Title IV of the Social Security Act → replacedBy → Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ⓘ

subject surface form: Title IV-A of the Social Security Act

PRWORA → replacedProgram → Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aid to Families with Dependent Children

Durham County social services → responsibleFor → Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ⓘ

subject surface form: Durham County Social Services

this entity surface form: Work First Family Assistance