TANF Classes

These classes help adults who are TANF recipients succeed in the workplace by teaching job readiness, job skills, résumé writing, dressing for success as well as other valuable lessons. With the help of the Texas Workforce Commission, these classes promote and encourage success at every level of the family to reach a higher level of achievement.
 

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program, which was created by the Welfare Reform Law of 1996, became effective July 1, 1997 and replaced what was then commonly known as welfare.

On October 1, 2001, Texas created a TANF State-funded program specifically serving two-parent households. One or both adults in a two-parent household are responsible for meeting the family's mandatory work requirement.

Families who meet TANF eligibility criteria also meet Medicaid and Food Stamp eligibility criteria, so they are enrolled in those two programs at the same time they are enrolled in TANF. It is important to remember that families may be eligible for Medicaid and Food Stamps whether or not they are in the TANF program. Unlike TANF, Medicaid and Food Stamps for families do not have time limits and work requirement, and financial criteria for these two programs are not as stringent as for TANF. The Texas Department of Human Services also determines Food Stamps and Medicaid eligibility for people who are not on TANF rolls and who financial resources are about TANF-eligibility status but are with the Food Stamps and Medicaid criteria.