The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, created in 1996, requires most welfare recipients to work and imposes time limits on welfare benefits.
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This brief highlights efforts made by nine integrated human services initiatives to center families’ strengths and needs and coordinate access to resources and services to prevent child welfare involvement and/or homelessness and increase the use of economic supports.
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