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Recognition of the 25th Anniversary of the Enactment of TANF

Dear Colleague Letter
August 23, 2021
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HHS/HUD Joint Guidance on Preventing & Ending Homelessness

Dear Colleague Letter
June 17, 2010
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This letter informs states and tribes of the ways in which communities can utilize both the TANF and the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program (HPRP) programs together to work toward preventing and ending homelessness in their local areas.

OFA "Dear Colleague" Letter on TANF Funding Lapse

December 28, 2018
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Letter to TANF administrators concerning the status of funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program

HHS, DOL and HUD Issue Joint Letter Encouraging Summer Youth Employment Efforts

Dear Colleague Letter
April 2, 2014
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On September 26, 2013, the President celebrated the success of his Youth Jobs + campaign and hosted mayors, business owners, youth, and non-profit leaders who led and participated in summer and year-round youth jobs initiatives at the local level.

The Systems to Family Stability National Policy Academy

February 17, 2015
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The Office of Family Assistance (OFA) invites nominations of state, territory, and local Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) agencies to participate in the Systems to Family Stability National Policy Academy (the Academy). State, territory, and local TANF agencies may nominate themselves. Nominations are due by March 17, 2015. See attached “Dear Colleague Letter and Academy Overview.”

SNAP and TANF Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Card Skimming Prevention– Tools and Resources

October 31, 2022
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Card Skimming Prevention — Tools and Resources

OFA "Dear Colleague" Letter on TANF Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) of 2023

November 27, 2023
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Letter encouraging further feedback through the published Request for Information (RFI) and summary of each Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) provision and its current timeline.

Letter on Supporting The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)

Dear Colleague Letter
May 16, 2014
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The Office of Family Assistance encourages states and tribes to explore the use of TANF funds to support programs, such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), that help struggling families and children  over the summer months.

Domestic Violence Awareness Month

October 20, 2014
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Job-Driven Training

January 8, 2015
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The Office of Family Assistance (OFA) encourages its grantees and partners to make TANF and other employment and training programs more job-driven.  OFA has issued a Dear Colleague letter describing job-driven training resources, with a focus on steps that programs can take to engage employers and use labor market information to help improve employment outcomes for TANF recipients and other low-wage workers.