Last Updated: 09/13/2023 CBPP staff have written many papers on work requirements. Below, we provide links to many of them categorized by their main focus. We have a number of papers on the link between work requirements and deep poverty which we include under its own entry. Participants’ Experience of Work Requirements An Interview With … Work Requirements: Key CBPP Reports
Last Updated: 09/13/2013 Work requirements are a key aspect of TANF programs and are at the core of many decisions made at the state level. There are many different aspects to TANF work requirements, some of which we cover in more detail under their own topic heading. Here, we provide resources that provide a broad … Work Requirements: The Basics
Last Updated: 09/13/2023 A state that does not meet the work participation rate for a year faces a penalty of up to 5 percent of the state’s TANF block grant. The penalty amount grows by two percentage points each year for subsequent failures, up to a maximum of 21 percent of a state’s block grant … Work Requirements: Penalties
Last Updated: 09/13/2023 A state can reduce its target work participation rates (50 percent for all families and 90 percent for two-parent families) with a “caseload reduction credit” based on the number of percentage points by which the size of the state’s caseload has falls from an earlier year (specified in statute). What that means … Work Requirements: Caseload Reduction Credit
Last Updated: 09/13/2023 The TANF Statute lays out the specifics of work requirements in Section 407 of the Social Security Act: Social Security Act §407 (ssa.gov). This report by CRS is especially helpful in laying out what is required of states vs. what is required of individuals: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: Work Requirements (everycrsreport.com) … Work Requirements: What Federal Law Requires of States
Last Updated: 09/13/2023 Periodically, proposals are put forth to block grant other programs, using TANF as a model of “success.” We have written a number of pieces that show the opposite to be true. You can find links to them below. Lessons from TANF: Block-Granting a Safety-Net Program Has Significantly Reduced Its Effectiveness | Center … The Perils of Block Granting
Last Updated: 09/12/2023 Would Some Families Be Better Served in a Program Outside the TANF/MOE Structure? After the passage of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA), some states began serving select groups of families in what are referred to as “solely state funded” (SSF) programs. These programs are funded with state general fund dollars … Solely State Funded Programs
Last updated: 09/11/2023 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services publishes data annually on TANF application approvals and denials. This information is useful for a number of different purposes. First, it is useful because it provides concrete information on need — there are many families applying for TANF every month who are not approved … Application Approvals and Denials
Updated: 09/11/2023 Background: A key aspect of TANF’s racist legacy is punishing families by taking away all or part of their cash benefits when they are unable to meet a work or other behavioral requirement. Federal law requires that states reduce a family’s benefit if they “refuse to comply” with work requirements, but it is … Work Requirements: Ending Full Family Sanctions
Last Updated 09/08/2023 TANF is a block grant that provides states with considerable flexibility in how they spend their funds. There are many aspects to TANF Spending. below, we first provide a quick guide to TANF spending then provide links to additional resources. We also provide more detail in the Q and A document that … Spending: The Basics
