Cash Assistance
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Monthly cash assistance for families
Check Official Eligibility ↗TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)
HHS (state-administered) · Varies by state
Monthly cash assistance for low-income families with children, along with work-support services, run by states with federal block-grant funding.
- ✓Must have at least one dependent child in the household
- ✓Income and asset limits are set individually by each state and are typically very low
- ✓Most states require work or work-preparation activities to keep receiving benefits
- ✓Receiving TANF often makes you automatically eligible for SNAP, Medicaid, and WIC
Max BenefitVaries significantly by state (typically a few hundred dollars per month)
Income RangeVery low — well below the Federal Poverty Level in most states
How to ApplyApply through your state's human/social services agency.