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OFA announces the publication of an issue brief with information and examples of how TANF agencies can support postsecondary completion for TANF recipients through funding work-study programs.

Empowerment, accountability, cooperation, and hope: these are the common themes that link Project HOPE with motivated young people seeking a career in the healthcare industry. Project HOPE is a powerful example of how HPOG can empower grantees to change lives.

The Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) program has released an at-a-glance infographic, which highlights and explains the program’s grants, grantees, participants, and career pathways. View the infographic here.

As a mother of five, Misty Morgan needed help supporting her family. Through HPOG’s PHOCAS program, she gained the career training and resources needed to succeed.

In keeping with OFA’s commitment to adopting a two-generation approach to engaging participants and their families, the HPOG team is proud to introduce our custom designed health professions coloring sheets. It is our hope that the coloring pages will be used by children of all ages and will help stimulate their awareness and interest in the health professions.

These tables provide demographic data on the age, gender, and race/ethnicity of adults and children in TANF and Separate State Program (SSP)-Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) active families and closed cases, as well as data on the financial circumstances of TANF cash assistance recipients.

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program is a $16.5 billion block grant to states, territories, and eligible tribes to provide assistance to low-income families and support a range of services to improve employment and other child and family outcomes.

The Office of Family Assistance (OFA) has posted pie charts for the 50 states and the District of Columbia showing the distribution of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and state Maintenance of Effort (MOE) spending and transfers by category in FY 2015.

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.

Summary Table for Work Participation Rates for Fiscal Year 2014