TANF
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families. This program provides temporary financial assistance to poor families. The cash benefits varies by state. In Mississippi, the benefits are $170 a month, and in Alaska, the benefits are $923 a month. The states have the power to decide the amount of cash benefit. Throughout the years the TANF has evolved and changed names. It was not always the same one it is today, in the past, it took different shapes. This programs cash benefits has been decreasing since a version of TANF began in 1976. The program started as AFDC, and was replaced by TANF in 1996, because of Bill Clinton.