TANF Emergency Fund, Welfare-To-Work Program That Created 240,000 Jobs, Nears End

September 4th, 2010  by William

Advocates of a welfare-to-work program created by last year's stimulus bill are calling on Congress not to jeopardize some 240,000 jobs by letting the program expire at the end of September.
Republicans and a handful of moderate Senate Democrats blocked a reauthorization of TANF Emergency Fund back in March. The progressive Center on Budget [...]