The taxpayer-funded Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program , currently provides payments of up to $ 497 per month for a family of several dozen . The list of don'ts , included by the Republican-dominated Kansas Legislature in a bill that GOP Gov . Sam Brownback planned to sign Thursday , runs to four items . The number of cash assistance recipients in Kansas has dropped 63per cent since Brownback took office , to about 14,700 in February . Brownback said the decline confirms the success of his policies , but critics note that U.S. Census Bureau figures show the state 's child poverty rate remaining at about 19per cent through 2013 .
The taxpayer-funded Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program , currently provides payments of up to $ 497 per month for a family of four . The list of don'ts , included by the Republican-dominated Kansas Legislature in a bill that GOP Gov . Sam Brownback planned to sign Thursday , runs to several dozen items . The number of cash assistance recipients in Kansas has dropped 63per cent since Brownback took office , to about 14,700 in February . Brownback said the decline confirms the success of his policies , but critics note that U.S. Census Bureau figures show the state 's child poverty rate remaining at about 19per cent through 2013 .