What is TANF? - Fedcap Serving Maine

What is Temporary assistance for needy families (TANF)?

TANF provides cash assistance to families while they work towards becoming self-sufficient. Once enrolled in TANF you may also be eligible for help receiving job training and education.

Who may be eligible?

- Families with dependent children living in their home
- Pregnant women

The My Maine Connection portal also offers a prescreening tool that can help you find out if you may be eligible.

Additional Resources

Maine Resources

Link	Description
Career, Financial, and Small Business Assistance	New Ventures Maine creates an empowering environment for Maine people to define and achieve their career, financial, and small business goals.
Childcare Choices	Childcare Choices
Destination Occupation	Destination Occupation takes a complex problem (making a career choice) and solves it in a concrete way. We create relevant and relatable videos using “authentic story telling”
Employment Resources	CEI helps to grow good jobs, environmentally sustainable enterprises, and shared prosperity in Maine and rural regions across the country by integrating financing, business and industry....
Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence	The Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence works to end domestic abuse, dating abuse, stalking, elder abuse, and commercial sex trafficking.
Maine Housing	Here you will find a list by county of places in Maine you can contact regarding the Maine housing.
Maine Resources	Sometimes you need more than an Internet search. You need a conversation. Certain issues are hard to navigate. You’re not alone. 211 Maine can help.
New Mainer Resource	We are a grassroots project matching mentors with asylum-seekers to help them integrate into the Greater Portland (Maine) community.
Social Care Network	Find social services that serve you in your area.
Technology Resources (Give It Get It)	Give IT Get IT is a 501(c)3 Nonprofit Organization founded in 2002 on a mission to help nonprofits, families, and individuals overcome what hinders access to technology.
Virtual Mental Health Services	NAMI works to educate, advocate, listen and lead to improve the lives of people with mental illness and their loved ones.
Wireless Phone Resource	This service helps put a wireless phone in your hands, must have an eligible household.