Information on TANF Nebraska Program.  Nebraska TANF is also called Nebraska Cash Assistance

TANF Nebraska is a support service for Nebraska families.  The purpose of TANF (Temporarily Assistance to Needy Families) Nebraska is to provide financial and medical assistance to needy dependent children and the parents or relatives with whom they are living.  Eligible TANF households receive monthly cash and Medicaid benefits. TANF uses state funds to provide cash assistance to families.

Under TANF, eligible adults are limited to receiving benefits for a total of 60 months in their lifetime, including months of TANF-funded assistance granted in other states. Once this limit is reached, that adult and all members of his or her FA household are ineligible to receive any more TANF benefits. The 60 months need not be consecutive, but rather each individual month in which TANF-funded benefits are received is included in the lifetime count

Do You Qualify for TANF Nebraska?

To qualify for Nebraska TANF:

• you must be a resident of Nebraska,
• either pregnant OR responsible for a child under 19 years of age,
• a US national, citizen, legal alien, or permanent resident,
• have low or very low income,
• and be either under-employed (working for very low wages), unemployed or about to become unemployed.

TANF Nebraska Application Process:

• To apply online for Nebraska Aid to Dependent Children and all other benefit programs administered by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services please fill out an application using ACCESSNebraska.

  Program Contact Information

  To learn more, please visit the Nebraska ADC website.

  or Call (800) 383-4278

  Lincoln (402) 323-3900

  Omaha (402) 595-1258