| Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families Program |
U.S.
Department of |
| No. TANF-ACF-PI-2006-01 |
Date: March 15, 2006 |
| TO: | State agencies administering the Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families program and other interested parties. |
| SUBJECT: | Reporting on TANF Work Measures after Enactment of the Deficit
Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) |
| REFERENCES: |
TANF-ACF-PI-2004-01 and
TANF-PI-2002-01 |
| PURPOSE: | The purpose of this Program Instruction is to advise State
agencies that the DRA eliminated the funding for the High Performance Bonus
(HPB) but also to request that States continue to submit data necessary
to calculate the work measures previously reported under HPB. |
| BACKGROUND: | The TANF program was reauthorized under the Deficit Reduction
Act of 2005. The statute eliminated the funding for the HPB under section
403 (a)(4). Nevertheless the Department is required under section 413(d)
to annually rank State performance in moving TANF recipients into private
sector employment. We are, therefore, requesting that States continue to
transmit monthly files of adult TANF recipients necessary to calculate the
work measures performance data. To the extent States do not provide the
requested information; we will extract the matching information from the
TANF Data Report. This may result in calculation of the work performance
measures based on sample data which would provide us less precise information
on States performance. |
| ACTION: | We are requesting that States collect monthly data on TANF
adult recipients for FY 2005 and electronically transmit it to ACF on a
quarterly basis. States that have separate TANF-MOE files on these programs
are also requested to transmit similar files on these programs. |
| EFFECTIVE DATE: | Immediate |
| SUBMISSION DATES: | Quarters 1 and 2 Quarters 3 and 4 (Apr. – June 2005) and (July – Sept. 2005) - June 1, 2006 Submittal specifications remain the same. Reporting requirements and
the layout for transmitting the necessary data are described in TANF –ACF
PI- 2001-1 dated February 7, 2002. In order to meet the requirements of
the 1974 Privacy Act (5 USC section 552a).States must transmit these files
using either “Connect Direct” or “File Transfer Protocol”
(FTP). States that use FTP can download a software program that will encrypt
the SSNs of recipients |
| INQUIRIES: | Inquiries should be directed to the appropriate Administration
for Children and Families (ACF) Regional Administrator. |
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