TANF at 15: How Well Does It Provide Income Support for Poor Families?

President Clinton signed the 1996 welfare law 15 years ago , creating the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant to replace the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. The Center on Budget and Policy priorites has a series of posts this week that provide a closer look at how welfare reform has played out over the last 15 years. This post focuses on TANF as a source of income support for poor families--click below to read this and aother entries.