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TANF-ACF-IM-2012-03 (Guidance concerning waiver and expenditure authority under Section 1115)
July 12, 2012This Information Memorandum notifies States of waiver authority to allow States to test alternative and innovative strategies, policies, and procedures to improve employment outcomes.
Major Provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) Library of Congress
April 27, 2012Bill Text 104th Congress (1995-1996) H.R.3734.ENRBelow link will redirector to the Library of Congress:
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TANF Final Rule Executive Summary
April 12, 1999The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) (Pub. L. 104-193), as amended, is the welfare reform law that established the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. TANF is a block grant program designed to make dramatic reforms to the nation's welfare system by moving recipients into work and turning welfare into a program of temporary assistance. TANF replaced 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 (JOBS) program and the Emergency Assistance (EA) program.
Major Provisions of the Welfare Law
December 16, 1996The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 eliminates AFDC's open-ended entitlement and creates a block grant for states to provide time-limited cash assistance for needy families, with work requirements for most recipients. The law also makes far-reaching changes to child care, the Child Support Enforcement Program, benefits for legal immigrants, the Food Stamp Program, and SSI for children. Modifications to the child nutrition program and reductions in the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) are also included.
Reauthorization of TANF Interim Final Rule
June 29, 2006This interim final rule implements the statutory changes enacted in the reauthorization of the TANF program though FY 2010 in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.
TANF-ACF-IM-2012-02 (Upcoming rulemaking for new TANF requirements specified in the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-96))
April 12, 2012This Information Memorandum informs States and Territories of the upcoming rulemaking process associated with the new TANF requirements outlined in P.L. 112-96.
TANF-ACF-IM-2012-01 (Use of TANF funds to support summer jobs for youth)
March 22, 2012This Information Memorandum informs TANF jurisdictions of the opportunities to support the creation or expansion of summer youth employment programs with TANF funds.
TANF Final Rule – Executive Summary
April 12, 1999SUMMARY FINAL RULE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) PROGRAM BackgroundReauthorization of TANF Final Rule
February 5, 2008This final rule implements changes including a renewed focus on work, program integrity, and strengthening families through healthy marriage promotion and responsible fatherhood to the TANF program as required by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) (Pub. L. 109–171).
TANF-ACF-PI-2011-01 (Disregarding tax refunds received after December 31, 2009, as income and resources for a period of 12 months)
January 28, 2011This Program Instruction informs States, DC, Tribes, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of a new statutory requirement that a federal tax refund be disregarded as income and as resources (for a period of 12 months) in programs funded in whole or in part with federal funds, including those operated by States, localities, or others.