内布拉斯加州长签署行政令 限制 TANF 福利金用于烟草赌博游戏
内布拉斯加州州长吉姆·皮伦（Jim Pillen）于 10 月 9 日（周五）签署行政令，限制“贫困家庭临时援助”（TANF）现金福利用于烟草、赌博、电子游戏等非必需消费。据 KOLN 与 WOWT 报道，行政令要求州卫生与公共服务部收紧现金援助的使用规则。
TANF 为有子女的低收入家庭提供月度现金补助。根据行政令，州政府将推动封堵福利卡在酒类商店、赌场等销售违禁品场所的使用，并依据联邦指引新增消费限制。
皮伦表示，此举关乎纳税人资金的妥善使用，确保援助真正用于儿童的基本需求——食品、住房与衣物。州议会支持者称赞这是常识性的问责举措。
包括反贫困倡导组织在内的批评者则认为，在缺乏普遍滥用证据的情况下新增限制只会增加官僚程序，并可能污名化困境家庭。他们指出，联邦法律本就已禁止 TANF 现金用于酒类、赌博与成人娱乐。
（来源：KOLN、WOWT）
Nebraska Governor Signs Executive Order Restricting TANF Cash Spending on Tobacco, Gambling, Games
Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed an executive order on Friday, October 9, restricting Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash benefits from being spent on nonessential purchases such as tobacco, gambling, and video games, KOLN and WOWT reported. The order directs the state Department of Health and Human Services to tighten rules on how cash assistance can be used.
TANF provides monthly cash aid to low-income families with children. Under the executive order, the state will move to block benefit cards from being used at liquor stores, casinos, and other venues selling prohibited items, and to add new purchase restrictions aligned with federal guidance.
Pillen said the order is about stewardship of taxpayer dollars and ensuring assistance goes to children's basic needs — food, housing, and clothing. Supporters in the legislature praised the move as common-sense accountability.
Critics, including anti-poverty advocates, argued the restrictions add bureaucracy without evidence of widespread misuse and could stigmatize struggling families. They noted that federal law already bars TANF cash from being used for liquor, gambling, and adult entertainment.
(Sources: KOLN, WOWT)
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