(Levin-Waldman‚ 2012). This paper will also describe the history of TANF and discuss debates about the pros and cons of TANF Temporary Assistance to Needy Families and the problems they are intended to solve or improve and the effectiveness of them both. When people think about welfare they normally think of Medicaid‚ WIA Work Investment Act‚ WIC Women‚ Infants‚ and Children and of course AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children now TANF‚ and HUD Housing and Urban Development. They tend to view it
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programs were created to assist Americans who meet a certain financial eligibility standards. According to the text‚ there are three major public assistance programs including Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)‚ Supplemental Security Income‚ and General Assistance (J. Marx‚ 2004). TANF‚ formerly
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They also believe that TANF is a safe keeping for the poor and protection. They believe in long-term temporary assistance to a certain extent. Conservation believe that TANF should be a short-term need of assistance. They think that people are taking advantage of the temporary assistance. They also think that opportunities should be provided to make
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TANF- Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Amanda Hottenstein Harrisburg Area Community College * The Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program is a program that replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program in 1996. President Bill Clinton passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act as well which made this change occur. Each state has their own setup of the TANF program. There are many studies that have been preformed and are
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going to get it to them. Many “don’t guarantee your slot [in treatment facilities] or in some cases pay for it‚” she noted. Centers often have long waiting lists‚ so someone who gets referred may not even be able to get in. Some states used to use TANF money to expand access to drug treatment‚ but as the money allocated to the program has dropped in real value‚ those efforts have dried up. I can’t help but think that the funds have dried up due to the money being spent on
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I have chosen to write about The Welfare Policy. I will focus this paper on the programs that provide assistance through food and cash benefits The welfare system is made of several different programs for sharing control of by the states and federal governments. The welfare system was created in 1935 by The Social Secutrity Act. The act created the federal governments part in the welfare policy which up until then had been left to the states. . Many people consider the welfare programs to
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non-experimental‚ longitudinal welfare-to-work studies launched following the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). The studies include a sizable group of parents and other caregivers who received TANF at the point of sample selection or shortly thereafter‚ and share a wide range of similar measures of economic well-being. This analysis provides descriptive information on how these families are faring over time. Our results confirm what has been
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participation rates among clients. There is a five-year lifetime cap on receipt of TANF benefits‚ and states must require most recipients to participate in work or work-related activities within two years in order to receive benefits. States have the option of requiring work immediately and may terminate all assistance for noncompliance. Great flexibility is afforded states to structure their own programs to meet the purposes of TANF. Thus‚ states define their own criteria for eligibility and services and
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The EITC provides sizable tax refunds for low income workers. While this program is decidedly beneficially to the working poor‚ the unemployed cannot benefit from it (Edin‚ Shaefer 2015: 8). The end of the AFDC combined with the implementation of the TANF and EITC has led to the “unintended consequence” of the rise of extreme poverty (Edin‚ Shaefer 2015: 158). It turns out that by focusing almost solely on the working poor while making the welfare reforms in 1996‚ the poorest of the poor‚ families making
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disciplinary approaches. They also have a higher incidence of child abuse and neglect (Flanzer). Drug use can be a barrier to employment and self-sufficiency and should be appropriately addressed within the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) system. This problem could be solved with what is referred to as a “screen-and-refer”
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