The Small Cities Block Grant Program: An Assessment of Programmatic Change under State Control

1984 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 477 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Morgan ◽  
Robert E. England
Keyword(s):  
Block Grant ◽  
State Control ◽  
Small Cities ◽  
Grant Program ◽  
Programmatic Change

From Nation to States: The Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program

1988 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 197
Author(s):  
Doyle Buckwalter ◽  
Edward T. Jennings Jr. ◽  
Dale Krane ◽  
Alex Pattakos ◽  
B. J. Reed
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Block Grant ◽  
Community Development Block Grant ◽  
Small Cities ◽  
Grant Program ◽  
Development Block

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Kent Weaver
Keyword(s):  
Single Mothers ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Block Grant ◽  
Work Requirements ◽  
Cash Assistance ◽  
Grant Program ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cash Benefits ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Temporary Assistance

This chapter examines the development and implementation of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block-grant program, and its predecessor, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Federal cash assistance to low-income, primarily single-parent families has been politically controversial since the creation of AFDC in 1935. The creation of TANF in 1996 imposed time limits on receipt of cash assistance and strengthened work requirements, while shifting the focus of expenditures away from cash benefits toward services intended to move adult recipients into work. TANF caseloads have fallen dramatically since 1996, and the employment rate of low-income single mothers has increased, but the social impacts of the TANF program have been mixed.

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