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"NPM in TANF"
02/04/2003 Entry
If the acronym in the title is obscure enough, are you more likely to read the post?
In any case, NPM in TANF stands for No Promotion of Marriage in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program. Some academics and activists have put together a Web site opposing the proposed federal mandate that would "order states to promote marriage within their welfare programs as a solution to poverty".
The site offers a list of reasons why this proposal is potentially problematic on numerous levels. The list seems quite convincing.
I have some friends who work on the Fragile Families and Child Well Being study who may be able to tell me more about all this. I don't know enough about the topic to understand the details. For one thing, what does it mean "to order states to promote marriage"?
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Hi, Eszter--
At least in the version the House passed last year, marriage promotion in TANF would allow the states to redirect about $1.6 billion of TANF money over the next five years toward marriage promotion activities--which include things like pro-marriage advertising campaigns and high school education programs promoting marriage. [Now THAT's a MUCH better use of the money than, say, child care or health care, wouldn't you say?!]
Sorry to see that we didn't get you here in Urbana, but glad that you'll be in the general vicinity...
--Katie
Posted by Katie Kenney @ 02/04/2003 03:12 PM CST
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