From Poverty to Self-Sufficiency: The Role of Postsecondary Education in Welfare Reform

Posted on January 22, 2003

The Center for Women Policy Studies reports that the District of Columbia and 49 states count postsecondary education as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) welfare program. Despite this, recipients' college participation rates have plummeted compared with their non-welfare counterparts. Read this December 2002 analysis of TANF implementation statutes.