Submitted by rgordon on Mon, 07/11/2022 - 10:31
But as football great Rocky Bleier once said, “Preconceived ideas can sometimes become barriers.” That’s been the unfortunate case with portions of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program that was passed in 1996 with the intent of overhauling welfare through very flexible block grants to the states. A preconceived idea that there was one be-all end-all performance measurement has thwarted some of the elements in the program’s original vision.