Money & Markets
What’s the matter with Kansas’s new TANF law? Almost everythingOn April 16, 2015, Kansas governor Sam Brownback signed into law an unprecedented set of restrictions on how the state’s most economically vulnerable families can access and use their monthly cash assistance (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF). Beginning July 1, the lifetime limit on receiving TANF in Kansas will be reduced to 36 months; recipients will only be able to withdraw $25 a day; and families will no longer be permitted to use or withdraw cash assistance at a wide array of establishments, including movie theaters, jewelry stores, cruise lines, lingerie stores, and nail salons, to name just a few.
Updated July 21, 20226 min read