# 2025-00537: Government Cancels Plan to Make Welfare Less Terrible

2025-00537, Strengthening Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) as a Safety Net and Work Program; Withdrawal, is a Federal Register proposed rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-14, effective 2025-01-14; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00537
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00537
- Title: Strengthening Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) as a Safety Net and Work Program; Withdrawal
- Type: Proposed Rule
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-14
- Effective: 2025-01-14
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## In one line

Government Cancels Plan to Make Welfare Less Terrible

## Summary

The government decided to cancel a plan to change the rules for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, which helps families in need. This means no new changes will happen right now, keeping things as they are for states and families relying on TANF. The withdrawal takes effect on January 14, 2025, after hearing thousands of public comments.

## Abstract

This document withdraws a proposed rule that was published in the Federal Register on October 2, 2023. The proposed rule would have amended the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program regulations to strengthen the safety net and reduce administrative burden.

## Effects PRIA read

- TANF Proposed Rule Withdrawn — Status Quo Stays: mixed, low. The Administration for Children and Families withdrew the October 2, 2023 proposed rule on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) effective January 14, 2025. This means the proposed changes listed in the NPRM will not take effect now, and current TANF regulations remain in place for states…

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## Sources
- [2025-00537 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/14/2025-00537/strengthening-temporary-assistance-for-needy-families-tanf-as-a-safety-net-and-work-program)
- [2025-00537 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-14/pdf/2025-00537.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00537 (as of 2026-06-11).