Summer Nutrition Programs for Kinship/Grandfamilies

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When the school year ends, millions of children lose access to the school breakfasts and lunches they rely on during the school year. This can exacerbate summertime food insecurity for those children in kinship. The Summer Nutrition Programs are designed to replace school breakfast and lunch and can help lower food costs for families. These programs ensure that children have consistent access to healthy meals during the summer months, which is critical for their health and well-being. This Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network tipsheet explains Summer Nutrition Programs along with benefits and eligibility.

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2025-05-01T00:00:00
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2025-05-01
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2020-2024 Maryland WIOA State Plan

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Maryland’s Combined Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) State Plan partners worked collaboratively to bolster the workforce system. There are multiple entry points to services, and Maryland subscribes to a “no wrong door” philosophy for customer access to services. Weekly orientations, walk-ins, partner referrals, the Reemployment Opportunities Workshop, and the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment program are typical entry points for new customers. As Maryland seeks to strengthen and enhance its practices through the implementation of this revised State Plan, success will require a commitment to innovation and collaboration, and a cohesive approach among partners. In 2022, Maryland added the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Employment and Training (SNAP E&T) program as a Core Partner. Recognizing that no single entity can exclusively provide all services to a customer, this more inclusive approach will diversify services and invest in new, integrated practices that surpass the traditional expectations of a workforce system.

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2024-06-30T00:00:00
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2024-06-30
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Request for Applications due August 15, 2025: State TANF Pilots

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The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the new request for applications for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) pilot. The pilot will select up to five states to test innovative approaches aimed at promoting work and reducing government dependency.

The pilot is authorized under the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 and reflects the Administration’s commitment to reshaping welfare programs to encourage employment, personal responsibility, and strong, stable two-parent families. States are encouraged to propose alternative performance measures to the work participation rate that prioritize rapid employment outcomes, earnings progression, and reduced dependency on TANF, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, and other welfare. 

ACF encourages all states and territories to apply. The application period will close at 11:59 PM ET on August 15, 2025. The pilot program for the selected states will begin on October 1, 2025.

Further information on the TANF pilot program can be found on the Office of Family Assistance Fiscal Responsibility Act implementation page. If questions remain, please contact TANFquestions@acf.hhs.gov

Application period will close at 11:59pm ET on August 15, 2025.
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2025-08-15T23:59:59
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OFA Initiatives
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2025-08-15
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program / Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program: Benefit Integrity Manual

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A benefit integrity program is meant to maintain program integrity by providing methods to ensure that benefit amounts provided to recipients in the TANF or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are accurate according to federal and state policies and based on the recipient's circumstances, and that misuses of program benefits are detected, prevented and ultimately deterred. This South Carolina Department of Social Services manual contains policy for the detection, investigation, establishment, and collection of payments made in error or due to fraud.

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2022-04-30T00:00:00
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2022-04-30
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Multi-State Contributory Solution Reduces Duplicate Participation/Benefits and Fraud in SNAP

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To address the growing challenge of public assistance fraud, a consortium of five states, working with contractors and supported by a grant from the Food and Nutrition Service, has established the National Accuracy Clearinghouse (NAC). The NAC is a contributory system of beneficiary information to support accurate and timely identification and verification of applicants applying for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to reduce duplicate benefit issuance and improve program access. This white paper explains how the NAC, as an innovative solution for secure sharing of information on recipients of health and human services among states, can safeguard support for such human services programs by enhancing public confidence that the federal and state governments are properly and responsibly administering their taxpayer dollars.

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2015-09-01T00:00:00
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2015-09-01
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Economic Mobility & Well-Being (EMWB) Conference

The 2025 APHSA Economic Mobility & Well-Being (EMWB) Conference will take place from August 24 to August 27, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The conference brings together those committed to providing and improving human services programs. EMWB is designed to assist human services leaders, policymakers, and researchers in shaping the future of human services programs through collaboration, integration, and modernization. The conference also provides guidance on how best to monitor quality control and performance management. There is a registration fee for participation.

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American Public Human Services Association
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Hilton Minneapolis
1001 Marquette Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Funding Kinship Services: A Primer on Federal Funding Sources

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This Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network primer was developed to offer service providers basic information about federal programs that can be used to finance kinship services and programs. Information for each source includes which federal agency administers the funding source, services the funding source can finance, and basic eligibility information. This funding primer is not intended to be an in-depth explanation of each source but, rather, a high-level overview that can be used to aid further research.

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2025-06-10T00:00:00
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2025-06-10
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Leveraging Family Resource Centers to Support Kinship Families

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Family Resource Centers (FRCs) are community-based resource hubs where families can access support to promote child safety and child and family well-being. As conveniently located community or school-based hubs, FRCs bundle and co-locate many services, such as home visiting, parenting education, health screenings, childcare resources and referrals, playgroups, family counseling, government benefits screening, healthy eating and living activities, and food pantries. This Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network resource highlights takeaways from learning collaboratives in three states that explored increased collaboration between kinship navigators and FRCs.

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2025-03-01T00:00:00
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2025-03-01
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Promoting Strong Families through TANF: Connecting TANF and WIC

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The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program plays a key role in promoting strength and stability for families experiencing poverty. By helping families to meet their basic needs, obtain employment, and nurture healthy family relationships, TANF programs can foster long-term family wellbeing and economic independence. States have significant flexibility to use TANF funds to address unique family needs and accomplish any of the four purposes of TANF.

The Office of Family Assistance released a series of briefs that highlight innovative and strategic ways that states are leveraging TANF funds to strengthen families and communities by building capacity for self-sufficiency and economic independence. This brief explains the gap between Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program and TANF participation and suggests that there is room to increase support for families in need. The brief highlights how state TANF agencies could work to increase participation in WIC to fulfill the TANF purpose one.

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2025-05-15T00:00:00
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2025-05-15
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Integrating TANF & SNAP Employment Services

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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Employment and Training (E&T) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) have a shared goal of helping individuals/families achieve economic independence through employment. Coordinating SNAP E&T and TANF programs can enhance service delivery and improve employment outcomes for families with low incomes.

Generally, States cannot provide TANF cash assistance and SNAP E&T services to families simultaneously. However, four state agencies—Colorado, Utah, Vermont, and Wisconsin—are authorized under 7 CFR 273.7(d)(1)(ii)(H) to use SNAP E&T funds to support individuals who receive TANF cash assistance. This fact sheet highlights the work of Utah and Washington as well as explains how the integration of program administration, funding, and service delivery can enhance efficiency and may improve outcomes for participants.

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2025-05-01T00:00:00
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2025-05-01
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