Understanding Relations between State-Level Variation in TANF Spending and Substantiated Child Maltreatment in the USA

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program in the USA is designed to address poverty. Because of the link to poverty, it may indirectly affect child maltreatment outcomes. However, TANF spending by states, which differs by the state's racial composition, may moderate the effects...

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Published in:Journal of social service research 2022-07, Vol.48 (4), p.441-450
Main Authors: Ha, Yoonsook, Scott, Judith C., Collins, Mary Elizabeth, Suh, Hyun Soo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abused children
anti-racist poverty policy
Black people
Black population
Child abuse & neglect
child maltreatment
child neglect
Child poverty
Children
Data
Expenditures
Families & family life
Marriage
Population
Population policy
Poverty
Public assistance programs
Racism
TANF
TANF spending
Welfare policy
Welfare services
Work
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Summary:The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program in the USA is designed to address poverty. Because of the link to poverty, it may indirectly affect child maltreatment outcomes. However, TANF spending by states, which differs by the state's racial composition, may moderate the effects. This study explores the relationship between states' TANF spending and child maltreatment outcomes with the states' Black population concentration as a moderator. The analysis used state-level data including TANF administrative data from the Office of Family Assistance (OFA), child maltreatment data from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS), and population data from the American Community Survey (ACS). The sample includes 50 states and District of Columbia from 2015 to 2017 (n = 153). The results from the multivariate regression models show that both TANF spending on family and marriage promotion and TANF spending on work activities were associated with decreases in neglect (7.5% decrease, p
ISSN:0148-8376
1540-7314
DOI:10.1080/01488376.2022.2078456