Organization:
Contemporary Family Services
The TANF program, which is time limited, assists families with children when the parents or other responsible relatives cannot provide for the family's basic needs. The Federal government provides grants to States to run the TANF program. These State TANF programs are designed to accomplish four goals:
to provide assistance to needy families so that children may be cared for in their own homes or in the homes of relatives;
to end the dependency of needy parents on government benefits by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage;
to prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies and establish annual numerical goals for preventing and reducing the incidence of these pregnancies; and
to encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families.
Contemporary Family Services, also offers job placement assistance and educational occupational training.
Application: Call for more information. To be eligible for TANF in DC, you must be:
- A resident of the District of Columbia
- Either pregnant or responsible for a child under 19 years of age
- A US national, citizen, legal alien, or permanent resident
- Have low or very low income, and
- Be either under-employed (working for very low wages),
unemployed or about to become unemployed.
