• Issue Briefs, Tables, and Other Resources

• TANF Reauthorization:
   - NILC Materials
   - Materials by Other Advocacy Groups and Research Institutes
   - Government Agency Materials

• Immigrants' Rights Update Articles

• Check the "Public Benefits > Congressional Developments" page for more on TANF and related issues

Issue Briefs, Tables, and Other Resources

State-Funded TANF Replacement Programs (Posted on "Guide to Immigrant Eligibility for Federal Programs" update page)

TANF Reauthorization

NILC Materials

Immigrant TANF Priorities (PDF, 3/04)

TANF Program Extended For Six Months (11/21/03)

Talking Points:  Immigrant Priorities for TANF Reauthorization (1/31/02)

Comments on Reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program Authority, 66 Fed. Reg. 52,773 (Oct. 17, 2001)  |  By NILC, on behalf of 51 organizations (11/30/01) HTML | PDF

• "Should Legal Immigrants Receive Public Benefits?" (transcript from the Brookings Institution's Welfare Reform and Beyond Forum) (2/28/02)

• Welfare Benefits for Non-Citizens (2/2002)

• An Introduction to TANF (2/14/02)

• Immigrants and Welfare Reauthorization (2/4/02)

• How Are Immigrants Faring After Welfare Reform? Preliminary Evidence from Los Angeles and New York City (3/4/02)

• The Scope and Impact of Welfare Reform's Immigrant Provisions (2/2002)

• Hardship Among Children of Immigrants: Findings From the 1999 National Survey of American Families (2/2001)

Government Agency Materials

President Bush's TANF Proposal | Working Toward Independence: The President's Plan to Strengthen Welfare Reform (2/2002)

Immigrants' Rights Update Articles (back to IRU index)

Senate Committee Approves Bill Reauthorizing TANF: Includes Refugee SSI Extension, but Targets Immigrants for New Restrictions (3/31/05) (posted under "Congressional Developments")

TANF Extended until Mar. 31, 2005 (11/8/04)

Congress Adjourns without Reauthorizing TANF (11/22/02)

Senate Finance Committee Votes to Include Restorations of Benefits to Immigrants in TANF Bill (7/15/02)

House Ways and Means Committee Passes Herger Bill: Other TANF Proposals Introduced in Senate (5/14/02)

House Human Resources Subcommittee to Mark up TANF Bill: Other TANF Reauthorization Proposals Introduced (4/12/02)

TANF Reauthorization Bill Introduced: Would Restore TANF and SSI for Immigrants and Address Needs of LEP Recipients (2/28/02)

HHS Seeks Comments on TANF Reauthorization (11/16/01) (posted under "Language Access")