Sacramento Head Start Alumni Association

Short Take on What It Takes to Help Families on Welfare

Jul 03, 2002

As the Senate takes up its Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) reauthorization package, much legislative attention will focus on several interlocking issues: whether to increase work requirements and participation rates for families needing welfare assistance, how much flexibility states should have regarding time limits for working families, and what to count as a work activity. This ?“Short Take?” from the Urban Institute gives a clear overview of the issues and offers recommendations to make TANF work for families.
http://www.urban.org/ViewPub.cfm?PubID=310506