Yesterday, I wrote about the TANF Emergency Fund, or TEF, a stimulus program that funded job-subsidy programs, leading to the employment of 240,000 previously jobless workers. That program is expiring on Sept. 30, meaning tens of thousands might lose their jobs.
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research recently released a study (PDF) showing that a shocking number of poor women with children do not receive adequate assistance, due to cuts to social safety net programs. The Obama administration’s expansion of programs such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) More…
After two months of wrangling, Congress passed an extension of unemployment benefits earlier this month. But a number of other of vital safety-net programs remain in limbo.
This summer, Democrats pushing for additional stimulus have seemed to focus almost exclusively on extended unemployment benefits, blocked by Senate Republicans for two months. But the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act created dozens of stimulus programs whose funding is fading. And Congressional Democrats have thus far failed to extend More…
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