Research Report Welfare Rules Databook: State TANF Policies as of July 2018
Ben Goehring, Christine Heffernan, Sarah Minton, Linda Giannarelli
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The Welfare Rules Databook provides tables containing key Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) policies for each state as of July 2018, as well as longitudinal tables describing selected state policies from 1996 through 2018. The tables are based on the information in the Welfare Rules Database (WRD), a publicly available, online database tracking state cash assistance policies over time and across the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The Databook summarizes a subset of the information in the WRD. Users interested in a greater level of detail are encouraged to use the full database, available at https://wrd.urban.org.

Research and Evidence Work, Education, and Labor Family and Financial Well-Being Tax and Income Supports
Expertise Families Social Safety Net Workforce Development Taxes and the Economy
Tags Families with low incomes Poverty Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Welfare and safety net programs Economic well-being State programs, budgets