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This Program Instruction establishes a standard procedure for resolving disagreements over state-submitted caseload and expenditure data used to establish the amount of a Tribal Family Assistance Grant.

This Program Instructions sets forth revised standard procedures for resolving disagreements over state-submitted caseload and expenditure data used to establish the amount of a TFAG.  This issuance supersedes and rescinds the original PI on this topic (see TANF-ACF-PI-2003-04 dated May 5, 2003).  A new PI is necessary because of a reorganization of the Office of Family Assistance and the need to clarify certain aspects of the process.

This Program Instructions sets forth revised standard procedures for resolving disagreements over state-submitted caseload and expenditure data used to establish the amount of a TFAG.  This issuance supersedes and rescinds the original PI on this topic (see TANF-ACF-PI-2001-02 dated January 2, 2001).  A new PI is necessary because of a reorganization of the Office of Family Assistance and the need to clarify certain aspects of the process.
 

This Policy Announcement rescinds Policy Announcement TANF-ACF-PA-97-2, dated June 2, 1997 and replaces it with the guidance in this announcement.

This Policy Announcement rescinds Policy Announcement TANF-ACF-PA-97-2, dated June 2, 1997, and replaces it with the guidance that State funds paid to an Indian tribe with an approved Tribal Family Assistance plan may count toward the State's basic maintenance-of-effort (MOE) requirement in the fiscal year in which the State makes this expenditure.

Questions and Answers:  State Maintenance-of-Effort and Tribal Programs

The Administration for Children and Families is issuing final regulations to implement key tribal provisions of the new welfare block grant program enacted in 1996--the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF program and the new tribal work activities program -- the Native Employment Works, or NEW Program. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), Public Law 104-193, established the Tribal TANF and NEW Programs. Subsequent technical changes were enacted by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Public Law 105-33. The TANF block grant program replaces the national welfare program known as Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and the related programs known as the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program (JOBS) and the Emergency Assistance (EA) program.

This Program Instructions sets forth revised standard procedures for resolving disagreements over state-submitted caseload and expenditure data used to establish the amount of a TFAG.  This issuance supersedes and rescinds the original PI on this topic (see TANF-ACF-PI-98-2 dated May 6, 1998).  A new PI is necessary because of a reorganization of the Office of Family Assistance and the need to clarify certain aspects of the process.