This American Public Human Services Association resource outlines how consent-based data verification can modernize benefits delivery by reducing administrative burden and improving the client experience. Traditional verification processes can create barriers that limit access to critical supports, particularly for low-income families. By adopting more streamlined, consent-driven approaches, TANF programs can enhance program integrity while making it easier for eligible families to enroll and maintain benefits, supporting both efficiency and access.

The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) provides flexible funds to states, territories, and tribes to support services that alleviate the causes and conditions of poverty and promote self-sufficiency, particularly by planning, coordination, and organization of local services, innovation, and community participation.

This Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation brief, co-written by Administration for Children and Families’ Assistant Secretary Alex Adams, describes the reporting practices used by CSBG. The brief delves into the burden associated with the reporting process and how the use of CSBG funds could be better documented. For TANF programs, it highlights the need to balance streamlined reporting with accurate, meaningful data that reflects how funds are used.

The U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services hosted a webinar on April 1, 2026 and provided an overview of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) process as well as highlighted SAVE’s Case Management, Agency Management and User Management features.

The THRIVE Initiative eLearning platform offers courses at zero cost, designed to strengthen organizational capacity and improve service delivery across human services programs. Topics include leadership, collaboration, and system improvement strategies that support whole-family approaches. TANF programs can use these self-paced courses to build staff capacity, enhance program effectiveness, and support continuous quality improvement efforts.

This Child Trends publication explores how existing data can be used to track progress toward ensuring every child has a safe, stable home. It highlights key indicators related to housing stability, child welfare involvement, and family well-being, offering insights into how systems can better measure and improve outcomes. For TANF programs, this resource underscores the importance of data-informed decision-making and cross-system collaboration to identify needs, target supports, and strengthen prevention efforts that keep families safely housed and together.

This factsheet overviews the Executive Order by the Trump-Vance administration to create the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, which will advise the President and coordinate government-wide efforts to combat widespread fraud, waste, and abuse in Federal benefit programs.

This Executive Order by the Trump-Vance administration announces that they will use all available resources and authorities to fight fraud, close loopholes, enforce eligibility rules, and protect benefits for eligible Americans, while ensuring States administering Federal benefits programs do the same.

TANF agencies are doing important work — but navigating program integrity can be complex, and opportunities to learn from peers are hard to come by. That is why the Office of Family Assistance is launching TANF Program Integrity Office Hours: a series of topical peer learning sessions where state agencies can share what's working, explore real challenges, and walk away with practical strategies they can use.

Although the live information session has concluded, you can still view the recording and register at any time between now and the final office hours in August 2026. Below are the titles of the four upcoming sessions; dates will be added as they are confirmed.

1. Leveraging Cross-Agency Data to Strengthen Program Integrity – May 7, 2026
2. Structuring Provider Contracts for Accountability and Reporting – June 18, 2026
3. Building State Capacity for TANF Spending Oversight – July 16, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. ET
4. Using Data to Inform TANF Program Decisions – August 2026 – Exact date/time to be determined

If you are interested in learning more, submit your email on the PI office hours webpage and receive invitations to the upcoming office hours. 

The U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services hosted a webinar on March 18, 2026 to provide an overview of common immigration documents used in the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) process.

This Administration for Children and Families paper examines how certain means-tested tax and transfer programs may create financial disincentives for marriage. It outlines how eligibility thresholds, benefit phase-outs, and combined household income calculations can affect family decision-making.