Jeff Backer voted Nay (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Expands Access to Temporary Assistance for Low Income Families
Vote to pass a bill that expands access to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
Appropriates funds from the TANF fund to the commissioner of human services to provide a one-time cash benefit of up to $500 for each household enrolled in the Minnesota family investment program or diversionary work program (Sec. 1.a).
Appropriates $92,000 in the fiscal year 2020 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human services for administrative costs associated with distributing the cash benefit (Sec. 1.b).
Appropriates $6,000 in the fiscal year 2020 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human services for information technology to administer the cash benefit (Sec. 1.c).
Title: Expands Access to Temporary Assistance for Low Income Families