United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-03-03 monographic deposited born digital 74 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-414 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-414 P0b002ee1803a498e f:d06414 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-414 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-414 GAO-06-414 Block grants Comparative analysis Cost analysis Disadvantaged persons Federal funds Federal/state relations Financial analysis Grants to states Public assistance programs State-administered programs Welfare benefits HHS Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant Other Written Product A48277 Under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant created as part of the 1996 welfare reforms, states have the authority to make key decisions about how to allocate federal and state funds to assist low-income families. States also make key decisions, through their budget processes, about federal and state funds associated with other programs providing assistance for the low-income population. States' increased flexibility under TANF as well as the budgetary stresses they experienced after a recession draw attention to the fiscal partnership between the federal government and states. To update GAO's previous work, this report examines (1) changes in the overall level of welfare-related spending; (2) changes in spending priorities for welfare-related nonhealth services; and (3) the contribution of TANF funds to states' spending for welfare-related services. GAO reviewed spending in nine states for state fiscal years 1995, 2000, and 2004 and focused on spending for working-age adults and children, excluding the elderly, long-term and institutional care. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-414/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-414.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-414/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-414.pdf GAO-06-414 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-414 Other Written Product GAO-06-414; Welfare Reform: Better Information Needed to Understand Trends in States' Uses of the TANF Block Grant; Block grants Comparative analysis Cost analysis Disadvantaged persons Federal funds Federal/state relations Financial analysis Grants to states Public assistance programs State-administered programs Welfare benefits HHS Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant