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Welfare Reform: TANF Activities to Reduce Nonmarital Pregnancy (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Dec. 18, 2001
Report Number RL31219
Report Type Report
Authors Britt Ehrhardt and Karen Spar, Domestic Social Policy Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

TANF legislation specifically addresses nonmarital pregnancy, establishing the explicit TANF goal "to prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies and establish annual numerical goals for preventing and reducing the incidence of these pregnancies." This report examines state activities under TANF in support of this goal.