Resource Library

To transmit the form and revised instructions for the ACF-196R, the financial reporting form for state TANF agencies.

To provide supplemental reporting guidance to 477 tribes regarding the newly established Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund.

This Program Instruction clarifies to States that costs for charity care incurred by hospitals are not allowable TANF maintenance-of-effort (MOE) expenditures.

This Program Instruction informs Tribes of the approval of ACF-196T by the Office of Management and Budget.  All Tribal TANF Grantees must use the new form beginning with the fourth quarter of FY 2009.

This Program Instruction informs States of the approval of ACF-196 by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the requirement for States to use the form.

This PI explains how a state may count up to 12 weeks of job search and job readiness assistance per fiscal year  and provides the criteria under which it may qualify as a "needy state."

This Program Instruction informs States of a provision added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 to the Social Security Act requiring State Plans to indicate whether the State intends to assist individuals in training for, seeking and maintaining employment in the eldercare workforce.

The purpose of this Program Instruction is to update the policy regarding the eligibility of Iraqi and Afghan aliens granted special immigrant status for Federal TANF and State MOE public benefits, as a result of legislation.

This Program Instruction informs TANF jurisdictions of the procedures for awarding funds if the total requests for funds exceed $5 billion.