Figure 9: Conditional on being in poverty, children in grandparent caregiver households are more likely to receive TANF benefits than those in parent-led households.
Source: 2006-2023 American Community Survey. 
Note: Sample consists of grandparent-caregiver and parent-led households living under the federal poverty level. Grandparent-caregiver households are defined as households in which grandparents provide for their grandchild's basic needs and there is no parent present for any child in the household.