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This Program Instruction informs Tribes of the renewal of ACF-196T by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the requirement for Tribes to use the Form and to submit it electronically

Reporting on TANF Work Measures after Enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA)

This memorandum transmits the FY 2015 work participation rates.

This Program Instruction provides information to TANF agencies to clarify the appropriate application of 409(a)(7)(B)(i)(II)(aa) of the Social Security Act (the Act) and 45 CFR 263.5(b), commonly known as the “new spending test,” which limits a state’s ability to count state maintenance-of-effort (MOE) expenditures for certain programs that existed in fiscal year (FY) 1995 to the amount that exceeds the FY 1995 expenditures.

To encourage TANF agencies to provide career pathway opportunities for TANF recipients and other low-income individuals.

Annual Statistical Report On Children In Foster Homes and Children In Families
Receiving Payments In Excess of the Poverty Income Level From a State Program Funded
Under Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FORM ACF‑4125 (PDF)

PROGRAM INSTRUCTION - TANF-ACF-PI-2016-03 (PDF)

FORM ACF 4125 (XLS)

The U.S. Department of Human Services (HHS) issues TANF work participation rates, which measure how well states engage families receiving assistance in certain work activities during a fiscal year. A state must meet an overall (or “all families”) and a two-parent work participation requirement or face a potential financial penalty. The statutory requirements for fiscal year (FY) 2014 are 50 percent for all families and 90 percent for two-parent families, but a state’s individual target rates equal the statutory rates minus a credit for reducing its caseload.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides information to TANF agencies to help states ensure that TANF recipients have adequate access to their cash assistance and access to using or withdrawing assistance with minimal or no fees or charges.

The purpose of this Program Instruction is to request that states submit data necessary to calculate the work measures previously reported under the High Performance Bonus (HPB) and advise them of the submission timetable for FY 2015 data.  The previous PIs requesting this information and providing the relevant submission timetable are set forth in the reference section above.

This Information Memorandum discusses opportunities for TANF agencies to strengthen program outcomes by developing two-generation approaches, which meet the needs of children and parents together.