Mississippi, which for over 50 years provided the nation’s lowest cash assistance benefits to families with children, has increased the maximum Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) grant by $90, so a family of three with no other income will now receive $260 per month. The increase will help all children receiving TANF but especially Black children, who make up over three-fourths of Mississippi children receiving TANF. Though Mississippi has the nation’s highest child poverty rate, its TANF program does a particularly poor job of assisting families experiencing poverty. Prior to the