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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 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-2007-02 dated May 18, 2007) 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 Information Memorandum reminds State agencies of the TANF Charitable Choice requirement.

This Information Memorandum provides a TANF Data Report and SSP-MOE Data Report that have been revised as follows: (1) to correct the definition of a two-parent family; (2) to correct and clarify guidance on the work-eligible individual indicator; and (3) to clarify coding of the data elements “Type of Family for Work Participation” and “Work-Eligible Individual Indicator.”

The guidance provided in this document is the result of our initial review of State and Territorial TANF interim Work Verification Plans (hereafter simply referred to as “plans”). In the course of our review, we identified a number of deficiencies or issues that arose in most of the plans.

is Program Instruction outlines the key features of the TANF Emergency Response and Recovery Act of 2005, Public Law 109-68 (attached) that was signed by the President on September 21, 2005 and became effective upon enactment.  We also provide information and guidance on how States may access and use the TANF Contingency Funds and loans authorized in the legislation.  This Program Instruction addresses only the provisions of Public Law 109-68, as enacted.  Should there be any changes to Public Law 109-68, we will issue another Program Instruction clarifying any necessary changes. This PI was originally issued on October 12, 2005.  We have re-issued this PI principally because we augmented the response to question 11.

This Program Instruction 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-2006-06 dated October 11, 2005).  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 Information Memorandum addresses the Low-Income Subsidy that is available to eligible beneficiaries, and outreach efforts.