In Pennsylvania, the dollar amounts paid to families in the program are low (about $400 monthly for a family of three) and have not increased since the 1990s.
The idea of giving Americans cash without conditions once seemed radical. But the pandemic has changed that.
Right now, the maximum amount of monthly TANF support a family of three can receive in Pennsylvania is $421. That number hasn’t changed since 1990.
Pennsylvania’s highest court is turning down an effort to resume cash welfare assistance to the poor and disabled while litigation continues over a law that ended the payments.
