North Carolina will be the first state to officially suspend Temporary Assistance for Need Families (TANF) in the coming weeks.
While current enrollees will get October benefits, county offices have been instructed to stop processing new applications and November benefits won’t go out if the shutdown isn’t resolved in time. More than 20,700 state residents are enrolled in the program.
When Congress failed to pass a continuing resolution to keep the government funded, it also failed to extend funding for TANF, meaning that state programs haven’t been getting any federal funding since October 1.
But don’t worry, according to Senator David Vitter the shutdown is actually pretty awesome because most of the EPA has been furloughed. Clean air and water is for pussies anyway, amirite?
The Arsenic that doesn’t kill you will make you stronger.