Subsidizing Employment Opportunities for Low-Income Families: A Review of State Employment Programs Created Through the TANF Emergency Fund

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Emergency Fund, which was established under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), provided funding for States to create or expand subsidized employment programs. As a result of the funding, more than 250,000 people were placed in subsidized employment. The Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sponsored the Subsidized and Transitional Employment Demonstration (STED) project in order to evaluate subsidized employment programs, and this report presents the first phase of the evaluation. Authors provide a review of subsidized employment programs based on telephone interviews, site visits and reports.