Welfare Reform: Outcomes for TANF Recipients with Impairments (GAO-02-884)

July, 2002 Welfare Reform: Outcomes for TANF Recipients with Impairments (GAO-02-884) The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 created the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grants to states, which emphasizes work and responsibility over dependence on government benefits. GAO found that impairments are common among TANF recipients and their children, with 44 percent of TANF recipients reporting that they or their children had impairments, compared with 15 percent of the non-TANF population. Moreover, recipients with impairments were more likely to be white and over age 35 than those without impairments. GAO found . . .