联邦政府批准内布拉斯加州限制贫困家庭援助金用途 禁购尼古丁产品与娱乐订阅
据KCAU 9电视台报道，联邦政府已批准内布拉斯加州提出的申请，允许该州限制"贫困家庭临时援助"（TANF）资金的用途。该批准于10月14日公布，距州长吉姆·皮伦签署设定这些限制的行政令不到一周。
根据新规，用于帮助有子女家庭的短期援助资金不得用于非必需品消费，被禁项目包括尼古丁产品、娱乐订阅服务与政治捐款等。州政府表示，批准后内布拉斯加州即可执行上述禁购规定。
对这一措施的批评者表示，此类限制只会给使用联邦援助的家庭贴上标签，并无必要。支持与反对双方的上述表态均被当地媒体记录在案。贫困家庭临时援助是美国联邦政府向各州发放、用于向低收入有子女家庭提供短期现金援助的项目，各州在联邦规则内对资金用途有一定裁量空间。
（来源：KCAU 9（苏城）报道）
Federal Government Approves Nebraska's Restrictions on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Purchases
The federal government has approved Nebraska's request to restrict what can be purchased with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds, KCAU 9 reported on October 14. The approval came less than a week after Governor Jim Pillen signed the executive order putting the restrictions in place.
Under the new rules, Nebraska can ban the use of TANF funds, which are meant to help families with children on a short-term basis, for non-essential purchases. Those purchases include nicotine products, entertainment subscriptions and political contributions.
Critics of the measure say it only stigmatizes the use of federal assistance and that it is not necessary. TANF is a federal program that provides block grants to states for short-term cash assistance to low-income families with children, and states have some discretion over how the funds may be used within federal rules.
(Source: KCAU 9 (Sioux City))
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