Program Description
The purpose of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program is to provide temporary financial help to eligible low-income families. The goal of Florida’s Welfare Transition program is to emphasize work, self-sufficiency, and personal responsibility; as well as enable welfare recipients to move from welfare to work. To accomplish this goal, Florida has developed a strong support structure to deliver needed services. This structure includes the following programs and services: child care and transportation assistance; substance and mental health treatment; child support enforcement programs; diversion programs to reduce domestic violence and child abuse; diversions to prevent families from going on welfare; relocation assistance; severance payments; job training and employment programs.
General Program Requirements
In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must be a resident of Florida, either pregnant or responsible for a child under 19 years of age, have a child in your household who is 19 and enrolled in training, US national, citizen, legal alien, or permanent resident, have low or very low income, and be either under-employed (working for very low wages), unemployed or about to become unemployed.