Since 1996, there has been a five-year lifetime cap on TANF assistance for adults. In 2006, the average length of time families received TANF assistance was 35.4 months, and case closure data from 35 states indicated that less than one-half of one percent of cases were closed because families had hit the 5-year ceiling.
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/resource/caseload2011 On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > ok. Though it will still be anecdotal. Why not find me a link about > this if it's so rampant. And let's distinguish between TANF, GA, food > stamps, SSI and section 8, because those are all different things with > different criteria. But when people say welfare as in cash benefits > that is the TANF program. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360567 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
