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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is a federal block grant that DC and the states receive to provide income assistance, job training, and other supportive services to low-income families with children. The District provides over 14 programs and services under its TANF program. These include cash assistance, job training, job readiness, child care, tuition assistance, case management, and other supportive services. – An Overview of DC’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program |
Align Time Limit Policy with Re-design Implementation to Ensure TANF Success (District’s Dime) DCFPI Comments on Proposed TANF Full-Family Sanctions Policy (District’s Dime) |
TANF Spotlight
DC’S NEW APPROACH TO THE TANF EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM: THE PROMISES AND CHALLENGES
The District started rolling out a substantial re-design of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the welfare-to-work program for families with children, in late 2011. The TANF reforms hold promise for greatly improving the city’s efforts to help families move toward employment and to otherwise become more stable. DC’s prior TANF services have been criticized [...]
Testimony
January 7th, 2013
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, At the Public Roundtable On the District of Columbia’s TANF Program
April 30th, 2012
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, At the Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Support Act of 2012
March 28th, 2012
Testimony of Kate Coventry, Policy Analyst, At the Public Hearing on B19-704: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Time Limit Amendment Act of 2012
March 22nd, 2012
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, At the Public Hearing on PR19-593: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Sanction Policy Approval Resolution of 2012
March 9th, 2012
Testimony of Kate Coventry, Policy Analyst, At the Public Hearing on Human Services Agency Performance: Department of Human Services (Part I)
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, At the Public Roundtable On the District of Columbia’s TANF Program
April 30th, 2012
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, At the Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Support Act of 2012
March 28th, 2012
Testimony of Kate Coventry, Policy Analyst, At the Public Hearing on B19-704: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Time Limit Amendment Act of 2012
March 22nd, 2012
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, At the Public Hearing on PR19-593: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Sanction Policy Approval Resolution of 2012
March 9th, 2012
Testimony of Kate Coventry, Policy Analyst, At the Public Hearing on Human Services Agency Performance: Department of Human Services (Part I)
Recent Reports
March 15th, 2013
A Budget That Gives Parents the Tools to Succeed in the Job Market
November 2nd, 2012
Two Victories for Low-Income Families
March 12th, 2012
TANF Pilot Success Confirms that Program Moving in the Right Direction
February 23rd, 2012
Align Time Limit Policy with Re-design Implementation to Ensure TANF Success
February 23rd, 2012
DC’S NEW APPROACH TO THE TANF EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM: THE PROMISES AND CHALLENGES
October 4th, 2011
DCFPI Comments on Proposed TANF Full-Family Sanctions Policy
A Budget That Gives Parents the Tools to Succeed in the Job Market
November 2nd, 2012
Two Victories for Low-Income Families
March 12th, 2012
TANF Pilot Success Confirms that Program Moving in the Right Direction
February 23rd, 2012
Align Time Limit Policy with Re-design Implementation to Ensure TANF Success
February 23rd, 2012
DC’S NEW APPROACH TO THE TANF EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM: THE PROMISES AND CHALLENGES
October 4th, 2011
DCFPI Comments on Proposed TANF Full-Family Sanctions Policy
