Title 16
15000 AFDC-TANF Related Programs
15110 "A Better Chance Welfare Reform Program", Delaware's TANF Plan
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, P.L. 104-193, amended Title IV-A of the Social Security Act to repeal the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. The AFDC program provided an entitlement to cash assistance for eligible families with dependent children. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) replaces AFDC with a program of block grants to States for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Under TANF, States have broad flexibility to provide assistance to needy families. Delaware implemented its program, Temporary Assistance To Needy Families (TANF), on March 10, 1997.
15110.1 Medicaid Eligibility
Before the passage of PRWORA, anyone receiving cash assistance under AFDC was automatically entitled to Medicaid. Under the new law, persons receiving assistance under the block grant (TANF) are not automatically entitled to Medicaid. A new Medicaid eligibility group for low income families with children is established at Section 1931 of the Social Security Act added by section 114 of PRWORA. The eligibility criteria for this new group is described in the section, “Low Income Families with Children under Section 1931.
Families who are eligible for Medicaid under Section 1931 may be receiving TANF cash assistance or may be Medicaid only families.
