TY  - JOUR
AU  - Moffitt,Robert
TI  - The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 8749
PY  - 2002
Y2  - January 2002
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w8749
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w8749.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Robert A. Moffitt
Department of Economics
Johns Hopkins University
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD  21218
Tel: 410/516-7611
Fax: 410/516-7600
E-Mail: moffitt@jhu.edu
M1  - published as Robert A. Moffitt. "The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program," in Robert A. Moffitt, editor, "Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States" University of Chicago Press (2003)

AB  - The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program was created in 1996 from what was previously named the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. The TANF program is intended to serve low-income families, primarily those with only a single parent present, as did the AFDC program. The TANF program is distinguished from AFDC by strong work requirements, time limits on receipt, options for the provision of noncash assistance, and by a block grant financing structure. This paper reviews the rules of the TANF program and the research that has been conducted on it and on the AFDC program.
ER  -