TANF Reauthorization

TANF falls far short of what an adequate safety net program should be. Benefits are far below the official poverty standard. Only a minority of eligible families actually receive benefits.

Congress must reauthorize TANF by September 30, 2010. Reauthorization offers a fresh opportunity for advocates to press Congress for measures to make TANF responsive to the mothers and children the program is intended to serve. Legal Momentum has established the EndPovertyNow coalition and list serve to identify and promote targeted changes to the TANF program that will make it a meaningful safety net and a true stepping stone to economic security.

You can sign up for the EndPovertyNow list serve by sending an e-mail with "join" in the subject line to tcasey@legalmomentum.org

Advocacy Annoucements and Expert Reports:

Advocate For An Improved Safety Net For Women And Children (pdf) May 14, 2009
The Bitter Fruit of Welfare Reform (pdf) June 9, 2009
An Agenda for TANF Reform (pdf) April 30, 2009
The Sanction Epidemic in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (pdf) August 2010
TANF National Caseload Increases Only 12 percent Since Recession Began, Compared to 48 Percent Increase in Food Stamps (pdf) May 24, 2010
TANF Reauthorization Round II–An Opportunity to Improve the Safety Net for Women and Children. 14 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 65 (pdf) June/July 2010
Meager and Diminishing Welfare Benefits Perpetuate Widespread Material Hardship for Poor Women and Children (pdf) July 30, 2009
Legal Momentum Letter to USDA Secretary Vilsack on Ending Childhood Hunger (pdf) November 4, 2009
Legal Momentum Letter to HHS Secretary Sebelius (pdf) June 25, 2009

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