1、96-902 EPWUpdated September 2, 1997Received through the CRS WebThe New Welfare Law: Temporary Assistance forNeedy FamiliesVee BurkeEducation and Public Welfare DivisionTemporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) is a fixed block grant for state-designed programs of time-limited and work-conditione
2、d aid to families with children.Effective July 1, 1997 (earlier in most states, by their choice) TANF replaced Aid toFamilies with Dependent Children (AFDC), Emergency Assistance for Needy Families,and the education, work and training program for AFDC recipients, known as the JobOpportunities and Ba
3、sic Skills Training (JOBS) program. The TANF law (P.L. 1 04-193) combines recent peak federal funding levels for each state (generally those ofFY1994-95) for these three programs into a single block. Nationally the block grantis $16.5 billion annually through FY2002.The 1996 welfare law provides TAN
4、Fgrants for outlying areas; it also permits Indian tribes to operate their own TANFprograms. Further, the law provides an average of $2.3 billion annually in a newchild care block grant (about double the recent federal funding level for AFDC-relatedchild care). Supplementing the basic TANF block gra
