The policy categories are organized from the perspective of a family applying for benefits. Select a category to learn more about the policy information we capture.
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What kinds of families are potentially eligible?
Which people in a family are potentially eligible?
What level of assets can a family have and still be eligible? How is income counted?
How much income can a family have and still be eligible?
If family passes all eligibility tests, what is the amount of their benefit?
What are a recipient family's child support requirements?
What are a recipient family's behavioral requirements?
What are a recipient family's work-related activities requirements?
How long can a family receive benefits? What happens after a family no longer receives benefits? What categories of TANF policy are not captured in the WRD?
Administrative policies
Caseworker practices
Budgets or expenditures
Outcomes