The Primary Purpose of TANF Was to

question 17

Multiple Choice

The primary purpose of TANF was to

• A) reduce the number of children in poverty.
• B) reduce illegitimacy rates among all affected groups.
• C) provide large benefits across the board to lift welfare recipients out of poverty.
• D) make families self-sufficient by ending the cycle of dependency on government benefits.
• E) coerce the states to be held more accountable for the distribution of the block-grant funding from the federal government.

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