Missouri Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

The purpose of the Missouri Temporary Assistance Program is to provide assistance to needy families with children so that the children can be cared for at home. The program also is intended to reduce dependency by promoting job preparation, work and...read more

Montana Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

The Montana Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program supports public assistance programs for low-income families. TANF replaced the program formerly known as the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Among the program's...read more

Nevada Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

The TANF Program is a Federally funded block grant program through the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). It is designed to provide temporary assistance for needy families so dependent children may be cared for in their own homes or in...read more

New Hampshire Financial Assistance for Needy Families Program (FANF)

The Financial Assistance for Needy Families Program (FANF) provides cash assistance to families with dependent children through either the Family Assistance Program (FAP), the New Hampshire Employment Program (NHEP), the Unemployed Parent program,...read more

New Jersey Work First (TANF)

New Jersey's welfare reform program, Work First New Jersey (WFNJ), was initiated in April 1997, following the passage of sweeping Federal reforms in 1996, known as the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. Under the Act,...read more

New Mexico Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

The New Mexico Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, known as NMWorks, provides cash assistance and job training to eligible New Mexico families. This monthly cash assistance benefit should be used to meet family needs such as...read more

New York Family Assistance

Family Assistance (FA) provides cash assistance to needy families that include a minor child living with a parent (including families where both parents are in the household) or a caretaker relative. FA operates under Federal Temporary Assistance...read more

North Carolina Work First

Work First is North Carolina's plan to help families stay off welfare or move off welfare and into jobs. Work First is not just a cash assistance program, rather, it is built upon the belief that all people have a responsibility to their families...read more

North Dakota Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program provides funds to assist families in any manner that is reasonable. These include: assisting needy families to care for children in their homes, reducing dependency of needy parents by...read more

Ohio Works First (OWF)

Ohio Works First (OWF) is the financial assistance portion of Ohio's Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program. OWF was established to provide time-limited assistance to eligible families. OWF provides cash benefits to eligible, needy...read more