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Sen. Bo Watson, R-Hixson, and Rep. David Hawk, R-Greeneville, are members of the 112th Tennessee General Assembly.
Among the most important pieces of legislation this year was the Tennessee Opportunity Act, which establishes a long overdue, responsible and responsive approach to administering Tennessee’s annual federal block grant of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) dollars.
Key provisions of the bill which we championed will establish a reasonable TANF reserve, deploy the funds to where the need is, and through rigorous evaluation will ensure we ultimately scale up what works to promote family self-sufficiency and depart from low-performing options.
In late 2019, when a Beacon Center report revealed that Tennessee’s regular underutilization of the annual TANF block grant had led to a $732 million unspent balance, Speaker Sexton and Lt. Governor McNally had the wisdom to establish a legislative working group. The charge was to assess the program and identify