Financial Assistance Resources

Your Guide to Public Benefits

Tuesday, March 8, 2022 0 0

Additional information about Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), public benefit programs, and links to the relevant government agencies from AARP (2013).

TANF and Child Welfare Programs: Increased Data Sharing Could Improve Access to Benefits and Services

Saturday, October 1, 2011 0 0

US Government Accountability Office (GAO) study (2011).

Tax Benefits for Grandparents

Thursday, June 1, 2017 0 0

A fact sheet on tax benefits for grandparents and other relatives raising children, created by H & R Block (2017).

State TANF Definitions of Relative

Thursday, November 1, 2018 0 0

Chart of state definitions of "relative" for TANF purposes, including states that include fictive kin. Updated 11-18.

Improving Grandfamilies’ Access to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Sunday, June 1, 2014 0 0

This policy brief by Generations United explores a checklist of specific policies, programs, and policies that can help state and community policymakers and advocates improve grandfamilies' access to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) (2014).