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Title: TAFDC: Declines in Support for Low-Income Children and Families

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Publication Year: 2013

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Abstract: One way that Massachusetts helps its poorest children is by providing direct cash assistance through a program known as TAFDC, or Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Over time, the value of the cash grant provided through TAFDC has not kept pace with inflation. In fact, since 1989, it has lost over 40 percent of its value. TAFDC affords a baseline safety net of financial support for low-income families with children. Program participants receive a cash grant, and may also receive job training and assistance, education support, and child care to help parents find and keep jobs. In recent years, even as the value of the cash assistance has shrunk, so too has the availability of training and education assistance. (See the MassBudget Children's Budget.) Apart from those who are disabled or caring for a disabled child, parents must meet basic work or training requirements to receive cash assistance via TAFDC, and they are only eligible for a limited period of time.

Url: http://www.bnrowser.massbudget.org/reports/pdf/declines_tafdc.pdf

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Authors: Wagman, Nancy; Bernstein, Jeff

Publisher: Massachusetts Kids Count

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Poverty and Welfare

Countries: United States