Strong relationships and communication skills can play an important role in family stability and long-term success. These short eCourses and quick lessons from Utah State University Extension offer practical tools on relationship skills, communication, and conflict resolution. TANF programs may find these resources helpful for integrating healthy relationship education into case management, workshops, or participant supports.

The Generations United Intergenerational Program Database provides a searchable collection of programs that bring multiple generations together for shared learning, caregiving, and community engagement. TANF programs and their child welfare partners can explore program models that support child development, strengthen family support networks, and reduce isolation among caregivers.

Transportation challenges can create significant barriers for kinship caregivers trying to access services, employment, and school. These case profiles from the Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network highlight real-world strategies communities are using to address transportation needs for kinship and grandfamilies. TANF programs can use these examples to explore partnerships and practical solutions that improve access to benefits, case management, and workforce opportunities.

This Administration for Children and Families brief, co-authored by Assistant Secretary Alex Adams, explores how predictive risk modeling and modern data systems can strengthen child welfare decision-making and improve safety outcomes. For TANF programs partnered with child welfare programs, this brief highlights opportunities to enhance data-informed collaboration, identify families who may benefit from early supports, and strengthen prevention-focused service delivery across systems.

This faith-based training program combines soft skills, job readiness, and employer engagement. It provides an example of how community partnerships can expand access to career pathways and help participants achieve lasting employment outcomes.

This Institute for Family Studies resource focuses specifically on marriage penalties within the federal tax code. The piece outlines arguments for reform and discusses how tax policy interacts with means-tested benefits.

Hosted by American Enterprise Institute, this event convened in November 2024 to discuss how marriage and work penalties may emerge in tax and transfer systems. The discussions explore the relationship between earned income, benefit phase-outs, and household structure.

This written testimony submitted to the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability discusses how marriage penalties may arise across multiple public assistance programs. The testimony outlines arguments about the broader societal impacts of benefit cliffs and combined income calculations.

This Heritage Foundation report focuses specifically on how eligibility rules for pre-K education subsidies may affect couple decision-making. It provides an example of how program rules across systems can create complex financial trade-offs for families. For TANF administrators working in cross-system partnerships, this piece underscores the importance of understanding how education, childcare, and other supports align with family economic mobility strategies.

This Heritage Foundation analysis explores national trends in marriage and discusses potential economic and social implications of declining marriage rates. This resource raises questions relevant to TANF programs about how household structure, economic opportunity, and public benefits intersect.