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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-2012-01 dated March 22, 2012).  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.

Questions and Answers:  Tribal TANF

Archive for Tribal TANF Plan Guidance, Tribal TANF & CCDF Guide to Financial Management, Tribal TANF Audit Supplement, and Tribal TANF Powerpoint Training Guidance.

This is the index page for the Work Verification Plan Guide.

This will summarize policy and provide guidance with respect to the current TANF program on the use of TANF funds to enable States and Tribes administering approved Tribal TANF programs to serve families in a State or area(s) in a State covered by a Federal or State disaster declaration.

We first provided this information in Program Instruction, TANF-ACF-PI-2005-06, dated October 11, 2005, Using Federal TANF and State MOE Funds for Families Affected By Hurricane Katrina. Since issuance of this PI, we have received questions about families affected by other Federal or State declared disasters occurring in a State or part of a State.  We have informally advised that the information in TANF-ACF-PI-2005-06 could be applied to other declared disaster situations so a State could more expeditiously serve families affected by the disaster.  This PI announces that the policy and guidance provided herein may apply in serving families affected by a Federal or State disaster declaration in a State or part of a State.

We want to encourage States and Tribes to take necessary action to address the immediate needs of the dislocated families affected by a Federal or State declared disaster.  Our goal is to help them integrate as quickly as possible into local communities, preferably with family, relatives or friends.  We want to assure you that we will take all steps within our authority to ensure that there are no negative consequences associated with a State or Tribe’s compassionate response to an unfortunate situation.

This Program Instruction addresses whether TANF funds can be used for pre-award costs for potential Tribal TANF grantees.

2 CFR Part 225, defines pre-award costs as those incurred prior to the effective date of the award directly pursuant to the negotiation and in anticipation of the award where such costs are necessary to comply with the proposed delivery schedule or period of performance.  Such costs are allowable only to the extent that they would have been allowable if incurred after the date of the award and only with the written approval of the awarding agency.  We have been asked whether or not expenses associated with planning to operate a TANF program prior to the approval of the plan qualify as pre-award costs and thus can be paid retroactively with TANF funds once the plan is approved.  This Program Instruction responds to this question.

This Policy Announcement provides guidance on determining whether a non-citizen Native American born in Canada or Mexico is eligible for a Federal public benefit funded with Federal TANF funds or a State or local public benefit funded with State or local monies that have not been commingled with Federal TANF funds and may be claimed toward a State’s maintenance-of-effort requirement.