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Advocates Want to See Legislative Reforms To Cash Assistance For Low-Income Families


Advocates Want to See Legislative Reforms To Cash Assistance For Low-Income Families
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Justin Hicks/IPB News
Some advocates are pushing Indiana’s legislature to increase eligibility and grant amounts, for lower-income families seeking temporary cash assistance. The issue is slated to be discussed in the 2021 legislative session.
A program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, lets states decide how to spend federal dollars to help some of its poorest families.
Under current Indiana standards, a family of three would have to make almost 90 percent less than current federal poverty guidelines to be eligible. Even then, they’d receive just $288 in assistance each month.  ....

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