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Publication Date: June 1999
Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy
Author(s): Mark Greenberg
Research Area: Social conditions
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
The TANF maintenance of effort (MOE) requirement is a requirement that a state must spend at least a specified amount of state funds for benefits and services for members of needy families each year. This outline summarizes the basic MOE requirement, explains how allowable MOE spending differs from allowable TANF spending, and highlights key policy implications of the differences between TANF and MOE requirements.