TANF at 25: A Weaker Cash Safety Net Reaching Fewer Families and doing Less to Lift Families out of Deep Poverty

IF 1.8 3区经济学 Q2 BUSINESS, FINANCE National Tax Journal Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI:10.1086/716107

Ladonna Pavetti, Ali Safawi, Danilo Trisi

引用次数: 1

Abstract

We analyze the 25-year trajectory of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the nation’s cash safety net for families with children. Since its creation, TANF’s story has been one of greatly diminished access, low benefits, and states diverting funding away from cash assistance, changes that have disproportionately affected the assistance available to Black families. We document how the weakened safety net under TANF contributed to a rise in deep poverty among children in single-mother families and how two defining features of TANF — work requirements and time limits — contributed to TANF’s weakness. Finally, we make policy recommendations to address TANF’s failures.

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25岁的TANF：现金安全网越来越弱，惠及的家庭越来越少，帮助家庭摆脱深度贫困的措施也越来越少

我们分析了贫困家庭临时援助(TANF)的25年轨迹，这是美国为有孩子的家庭提供的现金安全网。自成立以来，TANF的故事一直是一个机会大大减少，福利低，各州从现金援助中转移资金的故事，这些变化不成比例地影响了黑人家庭获得的援助。我们记录了TANF下被削弱的安全网如何导致单亲母亲家庭中儿童深度贫困的增加，以及TANF的两个决定性特征——工作要求和时间限制——如何导致TANF的弱势。最后，我们提出了解决TANF失败的政策建议。

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3.40

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11.80%

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