Overview of Welfare Reform
Key Provisions of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is a fixed block grant for State-designed programs of time-limited and work-conditioned aid to families with children. Enacted on August 22, 1996, it repealed Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC), Emergency Assistance for Needy Families, and the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) training program, effective July 1, 1997, at the latest. It combines recent Federal funding levels for these three programs into a single block ($16.5 billion annually through Fiscal Year 2002) to be divided among the States. It also provides an average of $2.3 billion annually in a new child care…
