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A representative from PeerTA would like to know if any States, tribes, or programs have made developing social capital among participants a goal of their program to encourage self-sufficiency.

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Date
April 2016
Source
OFA Peer TA
Agency/Organization
PeerTA
Topics/Subtopics
TANF Program Administration
TANF Regulatory Codes

OFA Webinar: Integrating 2-Gen Strategies into TANF Programs

Record Description

The Office of Family Assistance held a Webinar on Integrating Two-Generation Strategies into TANF Programs on Thursday, April 28, 2016 from 1:00-2:30 p.m. EDT. The two-generation approach to serving low-income or disadvantaged families has seen renewed interest in recent years, with models focused on combining comprehensive, career-focused employment and training opportunities for parents with educational and enrichment opportunities for their children. However, state, territory, and tribal TANF program leadership and staff have suggested a need for more targeted TA and information around two-generation approaches and TANF integration and implementation strategies. In this facilitated webinar, presenters provided an overview of the policy components of an intentional two-generation approach and offered tools and resources that may be applicable to the audience’s TANF programs, wherever they lie on the two-generation continuum. Through a “Town Hall” format, presenters also provided planning, policy, and implementation strategies and lessons learned from their own experiences with two-generation integration.

Presenters included Dr. Monica Barczak, Senior Advisor, Administration for Children and Families; Peter Palermino, Program Manager, Economic Security Unit, State of Connecticut Department of Social Services; Elaine Zimmerman, Executive Director, Connecticut Commission on Children; Sisifo Taatiti, TANF Program Manager, Utah Department of Workforce Services; Tracy Gruber, Director of the Office of Child Care and Senior Advisor of the Intergenerational Poverty Initiative, Utah Department of Workforce Services; and Dr. Sharon McGroder, Program Director, Economic, Human Services & Workforce Division, Center for Best Practices, National Governors Association.

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Posting Date
Combined Date
2016-04-28T09:00:00
Source
OFA Initiatives
SFS Category
SFS Sites
Region
City/County
Publication Date
2016-04-04
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Latest Information from Network (Home)
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Webinar Transcript 141.7 KB
Webinar Presentation 2.4 MB

Considerations for Starting a Tribal TANF Program: Community Assessment and Planning Tool

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The OFA Peer TA Network developed Tribal TANF Community Assessment and Planning Tool is intended for federally recognized Indian Tribes interested in starting a Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. The Assessment is a practical tool designed to help Tribal community members consider critical issues, build a profile of their community, and outline any strengths to be leveraged or needs to be addressed prior to developing a Tribal TANF Letter of Intent (LOI) and plan. The Tool is intended for Tribes’ internal use only, and includes detailed questions regarding demographics, employment and training activities, partnership opportunities, Tribe infrastructure, and staff capacity. The Tool can be used to outline the Tribe’s current situation and highlight any gaps to address prior to developing a Tribal TANF LOI and future plan. The Tool also provides space for goal setting, which should be aimed at addressing identified gaps or needs; this process is essential for successful program development and implementation. The Tool is available in Word format and can be completed in paper or electronic form.
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Combined Date
2016-03-29T20:00:00
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Region
City/County
Publication Date
2016-03-30
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TANF Caseload Data 2015

Record Description
The Office of Family Assistance (OFA) has posted Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) caseload and application data for fiscal year (FY) 2015. The data includes families receiving assistance through state TANF and Separate State Program Maintenance-of-Effort (SSP-MOE). In FY 2015, there was a monthly average of 1.6 million families receiving TANF & SSP-MOE assistance, representing approximately 4.1 million recipients. This was a slight decline of 1.1 percent compared to the prior fiscal year. The monthly average number of TANF applications received in FY 2015 was 267,650.
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Posting Date
Combined Date
2016-02-10T19:00:00
Source
Region
City/County
Publication Date
2016-02-11

Family Assessment Tools

Record Description
These resources collected by the Systems to Family Stability National Policy Academy discuss various tools for assessing family functioning in welfare or healthcare settings. Some of the measures that are used to assess family functioning and relationships by practitioners are also discussed. Additional information is provided about agencies that are using whole-family assessments to take a family-focused approach to service delivery.
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Posting Date
Combined Date
2016-01-31T19:00:00
Source
OFA Initiatives
SFS Category
Region
City/County
Publication Date
2016-02-01
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View Assessment Tool 274.53 KB

Systems to Family Stability National Policy Academy 2015-2017

Record Description

The Systems to Family Stability National Policy Academy (Policy Academy) is an 18-month initiative sponsored by the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance. Through the Policy Academy, eight teams are designing and building collaborative systems within and across agencies to improve family economic security. The Policy Academy has three primary objectives:

1) Build career pathways through job-driven training and alignment of TANF and workforce systems;
2) Improve business processes and systems coordination; and
3) Enhance case management by understanding brain science and applying two-generation approaches.

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Posting Date
Combined Date
2016-03-10T19:00:00
Source
OFA Initiatives
Region
City/County
Publication Date
2016-03-11

TANF/WIOA Resource Hub

Record Description

The TANF/WIOA Learning Community is an initiative sponsored by the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance. Developed in response to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which offers an opportunity for significant and improved collaboration between workforce agencies and partners such as TANF, the community brings together seven teams from states across the country to explore strategies for successful integration of TANF and workforce programs. Through the initiative, teams focus on WIOA planning and implementation strategies ranging from creation of a common vision to on-the-ground implementation. The learning community kicked off in September 2015 with a Peer Exchange Workshop and continues through 2016 with ongoing technical assistance including webinars, conference calls, peer-to-peer support, and resource sharing.

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Posting Date
Combined Date
2016-03-10T19:00:00
Source
OFA Initiatives
SFS Category
Region
City/County
Publication Date
2016-03-11

2014 Child Care Reauthorization and Opportunities for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Programs

Record Description

The Office of Child Care and the Office of Family Assistance published an Information Memorandum (IM) on opportunities for coordinating the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs. In particular, the IM focuses on how the 2014 CCDF reauthorization offers new ways for the two programs to align.

The CCDF and TANF programs are linked in federal legislative history and, in many states, through the daily operations of both programs. In fiscal year 2014, states spent approximately $2.6 billion of federal TANF funds on child care, either directly or through a transfer to the CCDF program. Coordination between the two programs is a key part of two-generation strategies that can address the needs of children and their parents together along with the goal of improving the entire family’s overall economic security. The implementation efforts for CCDF reauthorization provide an opportunity to take even greater advantage of the benefits of this kind of partnership.

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Posting Date
Combined Date
2016-02-18T19:00:00
Source
Region
City/County
Publication Date
2016-02-19
Section/Feed Type
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Question from Utah Department of Workforce Services

Question Text

A representative from the Utah Department of Workforce Services is interested in whether other states have effective models for individualized, strengths-based TANF employment planning – particularly plans that focus on individual goals along with performance measures and outcomes, and that separate out work activities so they can be flexible, and adjusted based on a client’s progress. Utah is also interested if any states have examples or templates of a strengths-based plan that they would be willing to share, or are any states in the process of developing this? If so, contact information would be helpful. Utah is also interested in information about how states define “strengths-based” in the context of employment planning, and what elements states see as important to include in a comprehensive plan.

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February 2016
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OFA Peer TA
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Utah Department of Workforce Services
State
Utah
Topics/Subtopics
Employment
TANF Program Administration
TANF Regulatory Codes
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Question from South Dakota Department of Social Services

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A representative from the South Dakota Department of Social Services would like to know of any best practices that States are using to reduce the unplanned pregnancy rate among TANF customers.

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May 2016
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Department Of Social Services
State
South Dakota
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Special Populations
Pregnant and Parenting Teens
TANF Program Administration
TANF Regulatory Codes