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This report provides responses to frequently asked questions about the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant. It is intended to serve as a quick reference to provide easy access to information and data. This report does not provide information on TANF program rules.

This conciliation agreement is between USDOL's Civil Rights Center and the State of Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training to resolve violations found during a compliance review.

This report provides an overview of actions taken by Congress to provide FY2014 appropriations for the accounts funded by the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (L-HHS-ED) appropriations bill. The L-HHS-ED bill provides funding for all acco...

The gross federal debt, which represents the federal government’s total outstanding debt, consists of (1) debt held by the public and (2) debt held in government accounts, also known as intragovernmental debt. Federal government borrowing increases for two primary reasons: (1) budget defic...

Various benefits may be available to unemployed workers to provide income support. When eligible workers lose their jobs, the Unemployment Compensation (UC) program may provide up to 26 weeks of income support through the payment of regular UC benefits. Unemployment benefits may be extende...

This letter is from Roger Ocampo, Chief, Office of Compliance and Policy, Civil Rights Center, USDOL, to Arizona Governor Janice Brewer on September 6, 2013, in reference to Arizona's compliance review.

For decades, federal policymakers and state administrators of governmental assistance programs, such as the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grants (formerly Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)), the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly F...

This report will provide an overview of the federal VR grant program and the associated state programs. The first section will provide an overview of how the program is funded and the respective roles of the federal government and the cooperating state agencies. The second section will out...

Total federal debt can increase in two ways. First, debt increases when the government sells debt to the public to finance budget deficits and acquire the financial resources needed to meet its obligations. This increases debt held by the public. Second, debt increases when the federal gov...

NASWA's Resolutions & Policy Notebook provides a complete listing of NASWA's policy positions as of September 1, 2013. Resolutions, Congressional testimony, letters to agencies and policy makers and other documents approved by the Board of Directors constitute NASWA policy. The noteboo...