Projects

Research Synthesis of Economic Effects of TANF

Project Investigator/Key Staff: Lynn Karoly (PI), Jacob Klerman (Co-PI)

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

Time Period: September 11, 2000 - November 10, 2001

Additional Information: http://www.rand.org/labor/TANF_synthesis

To inform public debate on issues relating to the renewal of the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program and to help states in refining the designs of their TANF programs by synthesizing the current state of knowledge about the effects of the TANF legislation and the TANF programs of individual states.

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Status: Ongoing