Our Experts Testify about TANF Oversight (Video)
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) provides a wide variety of assistance to families in financial need. This can include supports ranging from cash, housing, and utilities to food and child care, as well as job training and help with transportation.
States receive funding for their TANF programs through federal block grants and have broad flexibility over how to provide assistance.
GAO recently published several reports about how states report TANF expenditures, how they use this data to monitor program performance, and how the Department of Health and Human Services oversees states’ audits and monitors the program for fraud risks.
Today’s WatchBlog post looks at our recent testimonies on April 8, by GAO’s Jeff Arkin, Kathy Larin, Jim Dalkin, and Seto Bagdoyan.
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