Better Information Needed to Understand Trends in States? Uses of the TANF Block Grant

July 21, 2006 Better Information Needed to Understand Trends in States Uses of the TANF Block Grant The Government Accountability Organization (GAO) collected state spending date and conducted site visits in California, Colorado, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Texas, and Wisconsin. These states represent about half of federal spending on the Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) program in 2004. In this follow-up study of state TANF spending (prior TANF spending trend studies were released in 1998 and 2001) GAO sought to determine state TANF fund spending trends. This study is focused on spending for working-age adults . . .