Every year Texas receives a federal block grant called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), which the state can spend on helping low-income families but currently goes primarily to child protective services and foster care. Cash assistance, child care, family support programs, adult education and training services, and pre-kindergarten and extended day programs are all TANF services. The federal government requires “maintenance of effort” (MOE) from state funds for the state to qualify for continued federal funding. TANF provides cash assistance only to extremely poor families with children.