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Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families Program

Program Instruction

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families

Office of Family Assistance
Washington, D.C. 20447

Transmittal No. TANF-ACF-PI-96-2

Date: December 6, 1996

TO:State Agencies Administering the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program and Other Interested Parties
SUBJECT:Maintenance of Effort Requirements
REFERENCES:Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Public Law 104-193.
BACKGROUND:

PL.lO4-l93 replaces the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program (Including Emergency Assistance) and Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program with the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program and establishes a maintenance of effort requirement for state expenditures in the new program.

POLICY:

The attached guidance explains the maintenance of effort requirements for State expenditures under the TANF program, outlines statutory penalties for failure to meet those requirements, and specifies State-by-State maintenance of effort expenditure levels.

TO OBTAIN PAGES OF DOCUMENTS: Some attachments are not included in this file. You may contact Bettie McClure to obtain copies of the attachment by fax or mail.
 

 

/s/
____________________________
Lavinia Limon
Director
Office of Family Assistance

 

 

/s/
____________________________
Norman L. Thompson
Director
Office of Program Support

 



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