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Questions and Answers:  Contingency Fund

This Information Memorandum 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 IM on this topic (see TANF-ACF-IM-2011-04 dated March 11, 2011).  A new IM is necessary because of a reorganization of the Office of Family Assistance and the need to clarify certain aspects of the process.

This Information Memorandum explains how the referenced legislation affects award amounts for the FY 2011 TANF Contingency Fund and TANF Supplemental Grant award amounts and provides a table showing the award calculations.

To respond to questions about the Contingency Fund, particularly with respect to depletion of the Fund before the end of a fiscal year.

Dear Colleague:

Each summer, millions of families struggle to provide their children with nutritious meals when schools close for the summer and no longer provide meals through the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. Although the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is intended to fill this gap, less than 20 percent of the more than 19.6 million children receiving a free or reduced price meal from the National School Lunch Program participate in the SFSP. In these difficult economic times, even more children may face this hardship in the coming summer.

This Program Instruction explains the revised form OFA-100 and instructions for requesting grants from the Emergency Fund.

To remind States of ways that Federal TANF funds (including TANF Emergency Fund awards issued as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) and State MOE funds can be used to assist individuals from eligible families in need of short-term mental health and substance use treatment services.

Revisions to the Financial Reporting Form for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program, to include reporting of TANF Emergency Contingency Fund expenditures (Emergency Fund) awarded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)