Summary of Final TANF Rules: Some Improvements Around the Margins


 

Publication Date: February 2008

Publisher: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Liz Schott

Research Area: Banking and finance; Social conditions

Keywords: Economic projections; Federal budget; Income diversity; Economic inequality

Type: Report

Abstract:

The final TANF rule implementing changes due to the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 was published in the Federal Register on February 5, 2008 at 73 Fed. Reg.  6772.  The new rule finalizes, with some changes, the Interim Final Rule published on June 29, 2006.  The Final Rule is effective October 1, 2008.