Lifting Families out of Poverty
All Oregon children should have a chance to live up to their full potential regardless of where they begin. A financially stable family gives children the best chance at a healthy, safe, and happy life. Providing smart, limited, and temporary help to struggling families makes Oregon a stronger state, and will help us build a better future for our children.
2011 Legislative Achievements
- Stopped a proposed budget cut that would have made Oregon’s TANF program have the the shortest lifetime limit in the nation.
2009 Legislative Achievements
- Stopped cuts to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, specifically cutting cash assistance to two parent families which would have caused 2/3 of these families to split up.
2007 Legislative Achievements
- Provided low-income parents with the support they needed to get them back on their feet through a $28.5 million investment in the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program.
