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CHAPTER 5
The Office of Family Assistance
All Federal assistance programs are designed to help families during times of struggle so they can have the basic necessities of life while they work to become self-supporting and build a firm financial foundation. FFEF offers information on these programs in this volume so that if you find yourself in circumstances that make it difficult to provide for yourself and your children, you will
know where to turn for temporary help. These programs can be of particular help to single parents.
The Office of Family Assistance under
the Administration for Children
and Families, a division of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services, administers among its pro-
grams the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (TANF) and the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF).
These programs are designed to provide assistance to help you achieve a more balanced, fulfilling family life. While it takes time to provide your state with the necessary paperwork and you may feel like you are jumping through unnecessary hoops, the help you receive as a result may be just the boost you need to move on to the next level of financial health.
The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.
—Edward, Duke of Windsor, Look, 5 March 1957
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