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The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program

In: Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States

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Robert A. Moffitt

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This chapter was published in: Robert A. Moffitt Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States, , pages 291-364, 2003.

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