Alabama TANF/MOE Report

Annual Report on State TANF and MOE Programs - 2005
Alabama

Attachment A

Provide the following information for EACH PROGRAM for which the State claims MOE expenditures.

1. Name of Benefit or Service Program:
Basic Assistance Programs:
Includes the following:
A. Basic Assistance
B. Child Care
C. Other Supportive Services

2. Description of the Major Program Benefits, Services, and Activities:
A. Temporary financial assistance; services related to enabling clients to become self-sufficient, such as counseling/mentoring, educational activities, Job Readiness activities and Preparation for Employment activities, etc.
B. Child Care supportive services to FA JOBS clients.
C. Supportive Services for employed clients to include transportation, counseling and work related expenses.

3. Purpose(s) of Benefit or Service Program:

A. To provide a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health as far as practicable under the conditions in the state; To help maintain and strengthen family life and enable families to become independent and self-sufficient.
B. To assist parents of needy children to attain or retain capability for the maximum self-support and personal independence consistent with the maintenance of continuing parental care and protection.
C. To assist parents of needy children to attain or retain capability for the maximum self-support and personal independence consistent with the maintenance of continuing parental care and protection.

5. Description of Work Activities in the SSP-MOE program (I.e., Complete only if this program is a separate State program):

7. Total State Expenditures Claimed as MOE under the Program for the Fiscal Year: $1,933,033.

8. Total Number of Families Served under the Program with MOE Funds:22,263.
This last figure represents (check one):

_XX_ The average monthly total for the fiscal year.

_____ The total served over the fiscal year.

9. Eligibility Criteria for Receiving MOE-funded Benefits or Services under the Program:
A. Basic Assistance: Refer to Alabama’s Title IV-A State Plan – Family Assistance Program, Section IIIC.
B. Child Care: Available to FA JOBS clients who are employed or who are required to participate in other JOBS activities in accordance with the client’s Family Responsibility Plan and/or as a condition of FA eligibility.
C. Other Supportive Services: Individuals are eligible for JOBS Supportive services provided they are current or former Family Assistance recipients.

10. Prior Program Authorization: Was this program authorized and allowable under prior law (i.e., as defined at §260.30)? (check one)

11. Total Program Expenditures in FY 1995. _________________________
(NOTE: provide only if the response on to question 10 is No.)

This certifies that all families for which the State claims MOE expenditures for the fiscal year meet the State's criteria for "eligible families."

SIGNATURE: ___________________________________
NAME: Joel Sanders
TITLE: Director, Family Assistance Division

Provide the following information for EACH PROGRAM for which the State claims MOE expenditures.

5. Description of the Major Program Benefits, Services, and Activities:
• Cash Assistance: benefits to meet ongoing needs;
• Supportive Services: transportation and child care;
• Short-term Employment Aid (SEA): Refer to Annual Report on TANF Programs, Sections II and VI;

6. Purpose(s) of Benefit or Service Program:
• Provide assistance to needy families with children;
• Encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families;
• Promote job preparation, work and marriage in an effort to end dependence of needy parents on government benefits.

5. Description of Work Activities in the SSP-MOE program (Complete only if this program is a separate State program):
• Employment activities: On-The-Job-Training;
• Pre-Employment Activities: Job Search, Job Readiness, Preparation for Employment Program (PREP), Vocational Education and Individual Business Entrepreneurial Activities;
• Employability Advancement Activities: Educational activities, including but not limited to secondary education, GED, literacy training and college.

7. Total State Expenditures Claimed as MOE under the Program for the Fiscal Year: $848,905.

8. Total Number of Families Served under the Program with MOE Funds: 287
This last figure represents (check one):

_XX_ The average monthly total for the fiscal year.

____ The total served over the fiscal year.

10. Eligibility Criteria for Receiving MOE-funded Benefits or Services under the Program:

Eligibility requirements are the same as for regular TANF benefits with the addition of the following:
• There must be two able bodied parents;

11. Prior Program Authorization: Was this program authorized and allowable under prior law? (check one)

11. Total Program Expenditures in FY 1995. _________________________
(NOTE: provide only if the response on to question 10 is No.)

This certifies that all families for which the State claims MOE expenditures for the fiscal year meet the State's criteria for "eligible families."

SIGNATURE: ___________________________________
NAME: Joel Sanders
TITLE: Director, Family Assistance Division

Provide the following information for EACH PROGRAM for which the State claims MOE expenditures.

7. Name of Benefit or Service Program:
Non-Assistance Programs:
Includes the following:
A. Work Related activities/expenses
B. Child Care Subsidy
C. Transportation
D. Administration
E. Systems
F. Other (Includes Emergency Assistance)

8. Description of the Major Program Benefits, Services, and Activities:
A. Work Related activities/expenses: On-the-Job Training, Job Search, Job Readiness, Preparation for Employment Program (PREP), Community Service Employment Program (CEMP), Vocational Education, Individual Business Entrepreneurial Activities, Educational activities to include but not limited to, secondary education, GED, Literacy training and college.
B. Child Care Subsidy: Child care subsidy for children.
C. Transportation: Reimbursement for transportation expenses for clients engaged in an approved JOBS activity.
D. Administration: Program costs and overhead costs allocated through the cost allocation system for indirect items such as Personnel, Finance, General Services and Administration of the Department, salaries, fringe benefits and travel for county TANF workers and all costs not documented on Form ACF-196.
E. Systems: See ADDENDUM TO ACF-196 FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005.
F. Other: See ADDENDUM TO ACF-196 FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005.
G. Emergency Assistance: Payment for shelter, foster care and emergency living expenses. Information and referral, case planning and case management, counseling, support activities, and health care and health maintenance activities.

• To enable Family Assistance clients to engage in work and/or training activities;
• To enable families to maintain suitable employment and/or to engage in other educational or training activities leading to employment;
• To protect children from actual, threatened or potential abuse or neglect;
• To enable minor parents to remain in school and thereby avoid long-term welfare dependency;
• To promote quality child care services through a variety of quality enhancement initiatives;
• To alleviate family emergencies and normalize family functioning.

5. Description of Work Activities in the SSP-MOE program (I.e., Complete only if this program is a separate State program):
N/A

7. Total State Expenditures Claimed as MOE under the Program for the Fiscal Year: $36,432,180.

8. Total Number of Families Served under the Program with MOE Funds: 7,347.
This last figure represents (check one):

_XX_ The average monthly total for the fiscal year.

_____ The total served over the fiscal year.

12. Eligibility Criteria for Receiving MOE-funded Benefits or Services under the Program:
D. Basic Assistance: Refer to Alabama’s Title IV-A State Plan – Family Assistance Program, Section IIIC.
E. Child Care: Available to FA JOBS clients who are employed or who are required to participate in other JOBS activities in accordance with the client’s Family Responsibility Plan and/or as a condition of FA eligibility.
F. Other Supportive Services: Individuals are eligible for JOBS Supportive services provided they are current or former Family Assistance recipients.

13. Prior Program Authorization: Was this program authorized and allowable under prior law? (check one):
Yes _X__ No ___

11. Total Program Expenditures in FY 1995. _________________________
(NOTE: provide only if the response on to question 10 is No.)

This certifies that all families for which the State claims MOE expenditures for the fiscal year meet the State's criteria for "eligible families."

SIGNATURE: ___________________________________
NAME: Joel Sanders
TITLE: Director, Family Assistance Division