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The OFA PeerTA Archive captures historical information from the peerta.acf.hhs.gov website for reference and record-keeping purposes. The PeerTA site contains information posted within the past three years. You can search for any prior information below.

Webinar / Webcast

Traditional TANF benefits are typically provided every month for up to 60 months to support family economic stability, while fostering workforce participation. However, TANF also allows states and tribes to help families without providing such…

Question / Response(s)

A representative from the New York Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance Performance Evaluation and Data Analysis group asks: Which states include a place on their applications where clients give permission to be contacted for surveys to improve program functioning? Does anyone have a sample consent to contact language that they could share?

Stakeholder Resource

This table outlines actions taken by state human service agencies to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic through greater flexibility in program administration. These actions include temporarily suspending work and job search requirements, extending…

Fact / Tip Sheet

This tip sheet identifies five tips that support program staff members’ effectiveness while offering high-quality services to participants in a virtual environment. The tips also provide guidance on protecting participant confidentiality, which is a…

Stakeholder Resource

The National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics is hosting a series of virtual workshops that address research on topics of interest to human service professionals throughout the summer. Future workshops will cover Machine Learning in…

Fact / Tip Sheet

This fact sheet illustrates how Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio offered non-recurrent short-term TANF benefits as flexible responses to address the needs of TANF-eligible populations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sheet also briefly…

Webinar / Webcast

The National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics (NAWRS) held the first session of the NAWRS 2020 Virtual Workshop Series on April 29, 2020. This session brought together four state TANF representatives from Alabama, Colorado, Vermont,…

Stakeholder Resource

Through the TANF Works! Series, the Office of Family Assistance seeks to disseminate information about promising practices within the Temporary…

Fact / Tip Sheet

This fact sheet shows how a non-recurrent short-term benefit program could operate in Georgia in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Examples of how non-recurrent benefits might address emergency situations are presented and include short-term benefits…

Toolkit

This toolkit offers steps and guidance on how to use virtual communications for client engagement and internal staff management. Information is provided for voice and conference calls using Google Voice, FreeConferenceCall.com, and Google Hangouts;…

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