Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: FY2007 Budget Proposals

Publication Date: March 2006

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Social conditions

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The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA, P.L. 109-171) extended funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant through Fiscal Year (FY) 2010. It also made some changes in TANF work requirements and enacted new funding for healthy marriage promotion and responsible fatherhood initiatives. Though DRA "reauthorized" TANF and ended a four-year debate on proposed policy changes to the block grant, President Bush's FY2007 budget revives certain proposals from its earlier TANF reauthorization proposals. The FY2007 budget proposal would add additional funding for the healthy marriage promotion initiative, revise some of the rules for the TANF contingency fund (extra funding in times of recession), and extend supplemental grants through FY2010 (rather than FY2008, as provided for in the DRA). This report will be updated.