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Poverty

2019

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Impact Of Temporary Assistance For Needy Families On Poverty Rates In Kansas, Carla Green Jan 2019

Impact Of Temporary Assistance For Needy Families On Poverty Rates In Kansas, Carla Green

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The impact of the length of time that Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients receive benefits on their path out of poverty is not clear. The purpose of this qualitative study with a phenomenological design was to increase understanding of the comparative experiences of TANF recipients who reached their lifetime limit of 60 or 24 months to determine the impact of time limits on their path out of poverty and the fulfillment of the TANF goal and second purpose. Human capital theory provided the framework for the study. Using a purposive, homogenous sampling method, 6 social service professionals were …