Over the summer, The Imprint Weekly Podcast will feature episodes with subject matter experts to talk about several new rules and regulations issued by the Biden administration in the past year.

On this week’s episode, Ashley Burnside of the Center for Law and Social Policy joins us to discuss a plan to update the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), a federal cash assistance program designed to help low-income families fill the gap. Burnside discussed the changing nature of TANF programs since its inception in 1996, and explains what Biden’s proposed rules for it would change about how states could use the money to support families.

Ashley Burnside is a senior policy analyst with the public benefits justice team at the Center for Law and Social Policy. She specializes in refundable tax credits, and also focuses on disability policy issues and increasing access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for college students with low incomes who face barriers to accessing higher education.

Reading Room

Strengthening Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) as a Safety Net and Work Program
https://bit.ly/3zRBdJa

Public Comment in response to “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Process: Including How We Consider Past Work”
https://bit.ly/4f61weR

TANF Cash Assistance to Families Plummets, But Program Remains Consistent Funder of Child Welfare
https://bit.ly/3W9Zce9

Reports: States Hoard Billions in Welfare Funds Despite Growing Nee https://shorturl.at/K8URJ