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December 18, 2005
Conference Agreement TANF Provisions Impose Expensive New Work Requirements on States And Will Result In Loss Of Child Care Subsidies For Working Poor: CBO Projects Costs Equal Those In House Bill
From Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:
The conference agreement on the spending reconciliation bill (S. 1932) includes a major restructuring of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) work participation requirements, imposing expensive and unfunded new requirements on states and severely limiting the flexibility they were afforded under the 1996 law that created the TANF block grant. While some have suggested that the TANF changes represent only minor changes from current law, that is incorrect. In fact, a new Congressional Budget Office analysis shows that the work requirements would be even more expensive for states to meet than those included in the controversial House-passed bill.
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Posted on December 18, 2005 09:46 PM
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