Moving TANF Recipients with Disabilities to Work: Examples of State Strategies

This brief was published by the Office of Disability Employment Policy of the U.S. Department of Labor’s National Technical Assistance and Research Center to Promote Leadership for Increasing the Employment and Economic Independence of Adults with Disabilities. The brief examines activities in place to help TANF recipients with disabilities move forward on the path to employment. It looks at opportunities and challenges for state governments in crafting supports and services, and offers a glimpse of strategies and approaches that some state TANF agencies are using to help recipients with a mental or physical disability secure and maintain employment.