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This Information Memorandum is to provide key information on the recent reauthorization of CCDF and its implications and opportunities for TANF and CCDF.  Lead Agencies from both programs can work together to implement the reauthorization and leverage this opportunity to support family economic security and well-being.

This memorandum transmits the FY 2013 work participation rates.  All States were required to report work participation information for the months of October 2012 through September 2013.

Annual Statistical Report On Children In Foster Homes and Children In Families
Receiving Payments In Excess of the Poverty Income Level From a State Program Funded
Under Part A f Title IV of the Social Security Act


INSTRUCTIONS FOR FORM ACF‑4125

PROGRAM INSTRUCTION - TANF-ACF-PI-2015-03 (PDF)

FORM ACF 4125 (XLS)

This PI reminds TANF jurisdictions that federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) funds cannot  be used to provide juvenile justice services.

This Information Memorandum (IM) provides information to TANF agencies authorized under title IV-A of the Act and child welfare agencies authorized under titles IV-B and IV-E of the Act to encourage them to coordinate, collaborate, and share data on the children, youth, and families that they serve.

The purpose of this Program Instruction is to request that states submit data necessary to calculate the work measures previously reported under the High Performance Bonus (HPB) and advise them of the submission timetable for FY 2014 data.  The previous PIs requesting this information and providing the relevant submission timetable are set forth in the reference section above.

This memorandum transmits the FY 2012 work participation rates.  All States were required to report work participation information for the months of October 2011 through September 2012.

The Office of Family Assistance (OFA) in the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has been working closely with our colleagues at the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education throughout the process of developing the proposed
regulations for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).

The Administration for Children and Families’ Office of Family Assistance (ACF/OFA) has issued a “Dear Colleague” letter to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program stakeholders, highlighting a Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) that our partners at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration released on March 26, 2015.

The Office of Family Assistance (OFA) invites nominations of state, territory, and local Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) agencies to participate in the Systems to Family Stability National Policy Academy (the Academy). State, territory, and local TANF agencies may nominate themselves. Nominations are due by March 17, 2015. See attached “Dear Colleague Letter and Academy Overview.”