What Happens To My Benefits If I Get a Bunch of Money?
(updated December 2009) Different programs have different rules. Learn more about when penalties apply.
What Happens to My
Benefits When I Get a Job and Leave TANF? (updated October 2008)
Using Your EBT Card to Get Food Stamps or TANF,
and where to get help if you run into problems. (updated
March 2009)
"Alternative
Aid:" A Short-Term Alternative to TANF (updated March 2009)
The
TANF 5-Year Time Limit: What's the real story in Maine? (reviewed
July 2009)
Are
You Working and Getting TANF? Here is how to figure your TANF Grant!
(reviewed March 2009)
What Are Your Rights
If A Health Problem Makes It Hard for You To Participate in
ASPIRE Or PaS? (March 2009)
If I'm a college student can I get
Food Supplemental Benefits (Food Stamps)? (Updated July 2009)
TANF and Deprivation
(March 2010) Learn about TANF rules concerning whether a child is "deprived" of parental support and care.
You can be barred from receiving TANF if the child's other parent shares custody and parental responsibilities.
Policy Papers
Long-Term TANF Participants and Barriers to Employment: A Qualitative Study in Maine (August 2008)
Domestic violence, children’s disabilities, and mother's health issues are key obstacles
for the 28 women participating in the study.
Real life stories
I Have Only Just Begun...A Story of Struggle and Activism
(February 2003 MAIN Update) Heidi Hart's story of poverty, TANF, and learning
to make a difference is extraordinarily powerful.
Welfare,
Work and Raising Families - Conversations with Twenty-one Maine Families
(June 2002) This links to a .pdf document; you will
need Adobe Acrobat to view it. The file is large and may create problems
for older computers or printers. If you prefer, you can look at our
web-friendly version, which will load faster.
