Family Cap Policies

Filed Under: Family Cap Policies, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Family Cap Policies

Last Updated: July 2023  Family cap policies deny additional assistance to families who have another child while receiving TANF benefits. They are based on faulty and racist assumptions that mothers have more children to qualify for more public assistance; research has shown that caps have no effect on birth rates among families who are TANF Family Cap Policies