It’s been a while since welfare reform was news. When the federal law backing Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) expired in 2001, the chatter about what to change petered out as ...
Every year, Louisiana gets more than $150 million from the federal government to help people in poverty. The money comes to states through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grants — ...
Editor's Note: This article appears in Governing's Fall 2025 Magazine. You can subscribe here. When he ran for president, Bill Clinton promised to “end welfare as we know it.” In 1996, Clinton signed ...
Time and time again, Democrats have touted unconditional cash transfers as the solution to lifting vulnerable American families out of poverty. Unfortunately, federal handouts have yet to prove ...
Welfare’s been a hot-button issue for decades. Now, under the Trump administration, the conversation is heating up again, this time with renewed claims that the system is being abused, especially by ...
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