The taxpayer-funded Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program , currently provides payments of up to $ 497 per month for a family of four . This is the same amount that would be paid by an individual in most states if they were unemployed and unable to work due to illness or disability. 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 .
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 .