Program Instructions

TANF Program Instructions Indexed by Year [ 2012 - 2011 - 2010 - 2009 - 2008 - Archive ]

 

2012

TANF-ACF-PI-2012-01
May 8, 2012
Reporting on TANF Work Measures after Enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA)

 

2011

TANF-ACF-PI-2011-01
January 28, 2011
Disregarding tax refunds received after December 31, 2009, as income and resources for a period of 12 months

TANF-ACF-PI-2011-02
January 28, 2011
Temporary Modification of the TANF Caseload Reduction Credit

TANF-ACF-PI-2011-03
February 14, 2011
Form ACF-812, the Report on Engagement in Additional Work Activities for Families Receiving Assistance under the TANF and SSP-MOE Programs.

TANF-ACF-PI-2011-04
February 14, 2011
TANF Detailed Expenditure Form: ACF-196 Supplement (ACF-196 (SUP)).

TANF-ACF-PI-2011-05
March 11, 2011
Final Reporting and Reconciliation Procedures for the TANF Emergency Fund.

TANF-ACF-PI-2011-06
March 11, 2011
New Requirement for State TANF Plans

TANF-ACF-PI-2011-07
August 16, 2011
Extension of the Deadline for Submitting Qualifying Expenditures for the TANF Emergency Fund

TANF-ACF-PI-2011-08
October 27, 2011
Form ACF-4125, Children in Foster Homes and Children in Families Receiving Payments in Excess of the Poverty Income Level from a State Program Funded Under Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act

TANF-ACF-PI-2011-09
November 21, 2011
Renewed Form ACF-202, Caseload Reduction Report

TANF-ACF-PI-2011-10
November 29, 2011
Charity Care Expenditures

 

2010

TANF-ACF-PI-2010-01
March 3, 2010
Revised form OFA-100, the Emergency Fund Request Form

TANF-ACF-PI-2010-02
February 4, 2010
Guidance about the Federal Making Work Pay Tax Credit and other tax credits

TANF-ACF-PI-2010-03
February 17, 2010
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) and the Social Security Administration's (SSA) joint Disability Program Navigator (DPN) Initiative

TANF-ACF-PI-2010-04
April 21, 2010
Use of Federal TANF Carry-Over funds for any allowable TANF benefit, service, or activity

TANF-ACF-PI-2010-05
June 16, 2010
Eligibility of Iraqi and Afghan aliens who have been granted special immigrant status for Federal TANF and State Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) benefits

TANF-ACF-PI-2010-06
August 18, 2010
Procedures in the event of the exhaustion of the Emergency Fund

TANF-ACF-PI-2010-07
October 18, 2010
Amending an approved Work Verification Plan (WVP)

TANF-ACF-PI-2010-08
October 25, 2010
Form ACF-4125, Children in Foster Homes and Children in Families Receiving Payments in Excess of the Poverty Income Level from a State Program Funded Under Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act

TANF-ACF-PI-2010-09
November 12, 2010
Questions and Answers on the TANF Contingency Fund for Fiscal Years (FY) 2011 and 2012

2009

TANF-ACF-PI-2009-01 (supersedes TANF-ACF-PI-2008-01)
January 8, 2009
Eligibility of Iraqi and Afghan aliens who have been granted special immigrant status for Federal TANF and State Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) benefits

TANF-ACF-PI-2009-02
April 3 , 2009
Temporary Modification of the TANF Caseload Reduction Credit.

TANF-ACF-PI-2009-03
April 27, 2009
Eligibility of Iraqi and Afghan aliens who have been granted special immigrant status for Federal TANF and State Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) benefits

TANF-ACF-PI-2009-04
June 2, 2009
Use of Federal TANF funds to help meet the cost sharing requirement under the Jobs Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) Formula Grant Program

TANF-ACF-PI-2009-05
July 20, 2009
Form OFA-100, the Emergency Fund Request form

TANF-ACF-PI-2009-06
September 21, 2009
Questions and Answers on the TANF Contingency Fund (separate from the Emergency Contingency Fund authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009).

TANF-ACF-PI-2009-07
October 19, 2009
Children in Foster Homes and Children in Families Receiving Payments in Excess of the Poverty Income Level from a State Program Funded Under Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act

TANF-ACF-PI-2009-08
October 14, 2009
Use of Federal TANF funds and State Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) funds to assist victims of domestic violence.

TANF-ACF-PI-2009-09

TANF-ACF-PI-2009-010
November 30, 2009
OMB approved Form ACF-196 State TANF Financial Report Form.

TANF-ACF-PI-2009-11
November 30 , 2009
Office of Management and Budget's Approval of the Revised ACF-196T Tribal TANF Financial Report Form for the Reporting of Emergency Fund Awarded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, (Public Law 111-5).

TANF-ACF-PI-2009-12

December 28, 2009
Use of Federal TANF funds and State Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) funds to assist individuals from eligible families in need of mental health and substance use treatment services.

2008

TANF-ACF-PI-2008-01 - (Superseded by TANF-ACF-PI-2009-01).
February 21, 2008
Eligibility of Iraqi and Afghan aliens who have been granted special immigrant status for Federal TANF and State Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) benefits

TANF-ACF-PI-2008-02
March 20, 2008
Questions and Answers on the Final TANF Rule

TANF-ACF-PI-2008-03
April 11, 2008
Guidance for the Resolution of State and Tribal Disagreements Over the State-Submitted Caseload and Expenditure Data Used to Establish the Amount of a Tribal Family Assistance Grant (TFAG).

TANF-ACF-PI-2008-04
May 6, 2008
Federal TANF Contingency Funds.

TANF-ACF-PI-2008-05 (amended)
May 22, 2008
Diversion Programs

TANF-ACF-PI-2008-06 - [PDF]
July 14, 2008
Electronic Submission of Annual Report on TANF Programs (Attachment A) and State Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) Programs (Form ACF-204) (Attachment B)

TANF-ACF-PI-2008-07
July 24, 2008
Form ACF-199, TANF Data Report, and Form ACF-209, SSP-MOE Data Report, Approved by the Office of Management and Budget through 09/30/2011 (OMB Control Number 0970-0199)

TANF-ACF-PI-2008-08
August 13, 2008
Children in Foster Homes and Children in Families Receiving Payments in Excess of the Poverty Income Level from a State Program Funded Under Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act  

TANF-ACF-PI-2008-09
October 24, 2008
Approved Form ACF-196T Tribal TANF Financial Report Form.

TANF-ACF-PI-2008-10
October 23, 2008
Pro-family Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) Spending Provision

TANF-ACF-PI-2008-11
October 27, 2008
Revised Form ACF-202, Caseload Reduction Report

 

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