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An Examination of the First Ten Years Under TANF in Three States The Experiences of New Jersey New York and Pennsylvania

Ten years ago, Congress reformed welfare by creating Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), which required most welfare recipients to work and imposed time limits on benefits for the first time. Recent changes to federal TANF rules place additional pressure on states to move more recipients from welfare to work. This specially commissioned report on the implementation of TANF in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania highlights their different approaches to welfare reform and explores how these approaches may have affected caseload declines, as well as the proportion of TANF recipients who are working.