Expand TANF work rules to noncash benefits; require marriage/family formation metrics
Mandate would apply Trump SNAP-style definitions so TANF work requirements cover noncash benefits ≥$50/month for six months, and require measuring marriage/family-formation goals.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 14 (HHS) — ACF TANF: apply definitional change so work requirements apply to noncash benefits worth at least $50 a month for six consecutive months; require explicit measurement of marriage, healthy family formation, and delaying sex goals in TANF reporting.
Undo plan
1) Rescind expansions of punitive TANF work rules to noncash supports.
2) Measure poverty reduction, employment, and child well-being—not ideology metrics alone.
3) Fund childcare/transportation supports that make work requirements feasible.
4) Publish transparent outcome audits without marriage coercion.
5) Verify: TANF caseload hardship indicators; deep poverty rates.