Tennessee Gives Families Extra $500 TANF EBT Benefits For Holiday Expenses
“To lighten the burden endured by low-income households, Tennessee will be helping out approximately 24,000 children and their families with a little extra support this holiday season. According to NBC’s Knoxville affiliate, KBIR-TV News 10, families participating in the state’s Families First/Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program will receive a one-time additional payment of $500 to help with holiday expenses from the Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS). Families First is a state-administrated, federally-funded program that provides needy Tennessee families with monthly cash deposits to recipients’ electronic benefit cards (EBTs) to buy goods and services. The extra payment will be available through existing EBT cards starting Thursday, Dec. 1.”