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The Office of Family Assistance (OFA) is committed to improving the equitable administration of all OFA programs for the children and families we serve.
The Native Employment Works (NEW) program was created by amendments made to section 412(a)(2) of the Social Security Act by Public Law 104-193, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). The federal regulations for the NEW program are found at 45 CFR Part 287.
The Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG), administered by the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services was created to provide education and training to TANF recipients and other low-income individuals for occupations in the health care field that paid well and were expected to either experience labor shortages or be in high demand.