Crs Report for Congress - Welfare Reform: Tanf Provisions Related to Marriage and Two-Parent Families: October 30, 2001 - Rl31170 (Paperback)

The impact of welfare policies on discouraging or encouraging marriage has long been a topic of discussion. Welfare programs, by providing single parents with the economic means to support their children, are thought to discourage marriage. Federal policies in place before the 1996 welfare reform law restricted the use of federal funding for cash aid for needy families with children with two able-bodied parents in the home. The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant, created in the 1996 welfare reform law (P.L. 104-193), ended federal constraints on aid to two-parent families. TANF goes further, however, by establishing a statutory goal to promote the formation and maintenance of two-parent families. States may spend TANF funds on a wide range of activities (services) for cash welfare recipients and other families toward the achievement of this goal. Moreover, TANF has a "High Performance Bonus" that, beginning in FY2002, will pay a total of $10 million to the 10 states with the greatest increase in the percent of children living in married couple families. TANF does, however, have an especially high work participation requirement for two-parent families receiving cash welfare: in FY2002, 90% of two-parent families, compared with 50% of all families, ...

General

Imprint:	Bibliogov
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2013
First published:	November 2013
Authors:	Gene Falk
Dimensions:	246 x 189 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	38
ISBN-13:	978-1-293-24703-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General
LSN:	1-293-24703-0
Barcode:	9781293247037

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!