Policy

Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) CURRENT LAW

• Policy Announcements provide guidance to assist states in implementing the TANF provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act.
  
• Program Instructions provide direction to states and other interested parties on actions necessary to operate a TANF program.
  
• Information Memoranda disseminate information on TANF activities to states and other interested parties.
  
• Questions and Answers on TANF Policy and Data Reporting
  
• Major Provisions of the Welfare Law (Fact Sheet)
  
• Text of the Bill H.R. 3734 (Signed Aug 22, 1996) Library of Congress

Historical Documents

• TITLE IV. SSA Social Security Act-Title IV-Grants to States for Aid and Services to Needy Families with Children and for Child Welfare Services
  
  

• AFDC. CFR Notice: This file contains text of the Code of Federal Regulations as of October 1, 1992. This text may be used and distributed freely. Please remember; however, that the Office of the Federal Register provides these electronic files for informational purposed only.
  
• JOBS. CFR Notice: This file contains text of the Code of Federal Regulations as of October 1, 1992. This text may be used and distributed freely. Please remember; however, that the Office of the Federal Register provides these electronic files for informational purposed only.
  
• Prior Law & TANF — Comparison