States using the TANF Emergency Fund for Subsidized Employment

Nov 30, 2010  |  Elizabeth Kenefick

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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 created a new TANF Emergency Fund to assist states in expanding services during the recession.  The funds could be used for basic assistance, short-term non-recurrent benefits, or subsidized employment.  39 states (plus DC, VI, and PR) funded subsidized employment programs that employed nearly 250,000 youth and adults before the fund expired on Sept. 30, 2010.  This slide show depicts the time line of these subsidized employment programs.