Urge Congress to Extend the TANF Emergency Fund
Last year’s recovery act included pivotal steps to enhance and transform the lives of Americans living in poverty. One such step was the creation of the TANF Emergency Fund, a $5 billion fund designed to help states meet the growing need for assistance and increase employment opportunities available to low-income families. Since its establishment, at least 35 states and the District of Columbia have used the fund to create 240,000 subsidized jobs for low-income and long-term unemployed workers.
These jobs have played a critical role in providing employment opportunities and helping states to meet the rising need for services resulting from the Great Recession. Yet if Congress does not extend the TANF Emergency Fund beyond its expiration date of September 30, 2010, states will be forced to halt their successful subsidized jobs programs and will no longer be able to offer the assistance to help families weather the economic storm.
Write your senators and representative and urge them to extend the TANF Emergency Fund today!



