State of Tennessee Archives: on Welfare & Poverty

Bill Lee: Recruit business to locate in distressed, at-risk counties

Jerri Green: TANF funds to pay medical debt for low-income families

Affordability:
• Expand paid family and medical leave
• Support labor rights and collective bargaining
• Increase funding for affordable housing
• Promote workforce development and vocational training
• Invest in small businesses, especially in underserved areas
• Make quality childcare more accessible and affordable
• Prioritize passenger rail across the state to connect major metropolitan
• Make child care affordable and accessible
• Create a stipend program to offer free diapers to low-income parents
• End the tax on diapers and menstrual products
• Use TANF funds to eliminate millions in medical debt for low-income families
• Provide paid leave to parents and caregivers
• Support elder care programs for aging family members