The Child Care Protection Under TANF


 

Publication Date: January 1998

Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy

Author(s): Mark Greenberg

Research Area: Social conditions

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This paper analyzes federal law and guidance related to the welfare law’s protection of welfare families who do not participate in required activities because child care, for a child under age six, is not available. Which families are protected? How does the protection interact with TANF time limits and, work and participation rates? What are the responsibilities of the child care agency?