---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch7/schIV/ptA"
level: "part"
label: "Part A"
heading: "Block Grants to States for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch7-schIV-ptA"
sections_count: 23
---

# Part A — Block Grants to States for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 7 — Social Security › Subchapter IV — Grants to States for Aid and Services to Needy Families with Children and for Child-Welfare Services

## Sections

- [§601. Purpose](/usc/42/601.md)
- [§602. Eligible States; State plan](/usc/42/602.md)
- [§603. Grants to States](/usc/42/603.md)
- [§603a. Transferred](/usc/42/603a.md)
- [§604. Use of grants](/usc/42/604.md)
- [§604a. Services provided by charitable, religious, or private organizations](/usc/42/604a.md)
- [§605. Administrative provisions](/usc/42/605.md)
- [§606. Federal loans for State welfare programs](/usc/42/606.md)
- [§607. Mandatory work requirements](/usc/42/607.md)
- [§608. Prohibitions; requirements](/usc/42/608.md)
- [§608a. Fraud under means-tested welfare and public assistance programs](/usc/42/608a.md)
- [§609. Penalties](/usc/42/609.md)
- [§610. Appeal of adverse decision](/usc/42/610.md)
- [§611. Data collection and reporting](/usc/42/611.md)
- [§611a. State required to provide certain information](/usc/42/611a.md)
- [§612. Direct funding and administration by Indian tribes](/usc/42/612.md)
- [§613. Evaluation of temporary assistance for needy families and related programs](/usc/42/613.md)
- [§614. Repealed.](/usc/42/614.md)
- [§615. Waivers](/usc/42/615.md)
- [§616. Administration](/usc/42/616.md)
- [§617. Limitation on Federal authority](/usc/42/617.md)
- [§618. Funding for child care](/usc/42/618.md)
- [§619. Definitions](/usc/42/619.md)