The Income & Benefits Policy Center has developed several resources that can help policymakers, researchers, and students learn more about tax and benefit policies and their effects on the well-being of families.
Welfare Rules Database
The Welfare Rules Database (WRD) is a public-use website with extensive documentation on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and a detailed database of AFDC/TANF rules in effect for all 50 states and the District of Columbia starting in 1996. This comprehensive resource allows users to:
-
Compare TANF assistance programs between states,
-
Research changes in rules within one state, or
-
Look for the most up-to-date TANF rules in a single state.
The user-friendly Welfare Rules Databooks describe the TANF program and provide tables of key TANF policies for all 50 states and DC, using data obtained from the WRD.
Government Benefits Simulation and Database
TRIM3—the Transfer Income Model—estimates eligibility for and participation in government benefits programs. It can also be used to estimate potential effects of alternative policies.
-
Learn about rules of key government tax, transfer, and health programs and how they've changed over time. -
-
Latest Research
