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This Program Instruction explains the maintenance of effort requirements for State expenditures under the TANF program, outlines statutory penalties for failure to meet those requirements, and specifies State-by-State maintenance of effort expenditure levels.

The purpose of this instruction is to clarify ACF policy with regard to treatment of overpayment recoveries received by the State agency from individuals who received cash assistance benefits to which they were not entitled, either under the former AFDC program or the current TANF program.

ACF has issued two Program Instructions for overpayment recoveries.  They were TANF-ACF-PI-99-2 published on March 9, 1999 and TANF-ACF-PI-99-2 (Revised) published on May 1, 2000.  This Program Instruction rescinds both of the these previous PIs and replaces them with the overpayment recovery policy contained in this Program Instruction.

This transmittal is effective for recoveries made after 9/30/96.  Recoveries made prior to the date of this transmittal will be evaluated on reasonable interpretation of statutory requirements or any previous guidance provided by ACF.

This Program Instruction informs States of TANF MOE levels which have been revised subsequent to the issuance of TANF-ACF-PI-96-2.

FY 2004 Work Participation Rates

Questions and Answers:  TANF Requirements Related to Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Transactions

National Tribal TANF characteristics data for Fiscal Year(s) (FY) 2008 to 2015.

This memorandum transmits the work participation tables for FY 2004.  All States were required to report work participation information for all of the October 2003 - September 2004 fiscal year and are subject to the work participation standards for FY 2004 based on this information.

This memorandum transmits the work participation tables for FY 2001. All States were required to report work participation information for the October 2000 - September 2001 period and are subject to the work participation standards for FY 2001 based on this information.

This memorandum transmits the work participation tables for FY 2000. All States were required to report work participation information for all of the October 1999 - September 2000 fiscal year and are subject to the work participation standards for FY 2000 based on this information.

This program instruction clarifies the general rule for determining the start date of the 3-year record retention period provided under 45 CFR 92.42(c)(1) as it pertains to the State, Territorial, and Tribal Federal TANF awards, and MOE expenditures.