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Issue Briefs

State Aid for Low Income Families

Subjects
Human Services
State Government
Published
10/19/2017

This issue brief explains Colorado’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, known as Colorado Works, which provides financial and other assistance. The federally funded program is overseen at the state level by the Department of Human Services and is administered at the county level.