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To provide revised instructions to NEW program grantees on implementing section 404(e) of the Social Security Act, regarding effective date of carryover authority, uses of carryover funds, and submission of reports. As amended, section 404(e) permits NEW grantees to reserve and carry forward unobligated NEW fund balances without fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of providing assistance.

To provide technical support through the attached “TANF Work Outcomes Technical Resource” for the collection and reporting of the new TANF Work Outcomes Measures required by the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.

The Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) team hosted a Carryover Webinar for HPOG program directors on December 14, 2016. During this webinar, Kim Stupica-Dobbs, OFA Program Manager for HPOG, discussed the requirements of carryover requests, submission timelines, and answered questions with current HPOG grantees.

Tribal TANF Caseload Data - Fiscal Year 2020 

Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-180); Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act, Division C - Afghanistan Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-43); TANF-ACF-PI-2021-06 (Afghanistan Parolees Now Eligible for TANF)

The index page for the TANF Application Data for Fiscal and Calendar Years.

In general, grantees are allowed a certain degree of latitude to re-budget within and between budget categories to meet unanticipated needs and to make other types of post-award changes; provided the budget changes are for activities detailed in the approved program narrative for that budget period and do not meet one or more of the below prior approval requirements:

The 45 CFR Part 75.308 states that written approval is required from ACF prior to grantees implementing a budget modification for any of the following:

1. Change in scope or objective of the project or program (even if there is no associated budget revision requiring prior written approval).
2. Change in key personnel (This would include the Program Director (PD) or Authorized Official (AO) named in the notice of grant award.)
3. The absence/disengagement from the project of key personnel for more than 3 months or 25% of his/her time
4. The inclusion, unless waived by the HHS awarding agency, of costs that require prior approval in accordance with subpart E of 45 CFR 75, or 45 CFR 75 Appendix IX of this part, or 48 CFR part 31, as applicable. (This would include items such as alternation and renovation of real property and equipment not previously approved.)
5. The transfer of funds budgeted for participant support costs as defined in 45 CFR 75.2 to other categories of expense.
6. Transfer or contracting out work not approved in application
7. Changes in the amount of approved cost-sharing or matching provided by the non-Federal entity.
8. The need arises for additional Federal funds to complete the project.
9. The inclusion of research patient care costs in research awards made for the performance of research work.
10. The provision of subawards by a pass-through entity on fixed amounts up to the Simplified Acquisition Threshold, provided that the subawards meet the requirements for fixed amount awards in 45 CFR 75.201. See 45 CFR 75.353.
11. The recipient wishes to dispose of, replace, or encumber title to real property, equipment, or intangible property that are acquired or improved with a Federal award. See 45 CFR 75.318, 75.320, 75.322, and 75.323.
12. Significant Rebudgeting — Transfer of direct costs of 25% or more of total costs of the last approved award is considered significant rebudgeting.
13. Carryover of Unobligated Balances

Please contact your program specialist if you have any questions about this.

The ACF Waiver Release Form (PDF) needs to be completed by the subject of each success story, promising practice, picture, or other document possessing the name or likeness of an individual that is submitted to OFA. If you have any questions about this requirement, please contact your program specialist.