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ACF "Dear Colleague" Letter on Tribal TANF and Tribal Child Support Cooperation Flexibilities (01-16-2025)

ACF "Dear Colleague" Letter on State TANF and Child Support Cooperation Flexibilities (01-16-2025)

Overview
The Resilient Families Hub is a new initiative of the Office of Family Assistance and exists to understand the role of direct cash transfers in advancing economic stability and mobility in the United States. The Hub works with federal, state, and local governments and community-based organizations to provide subject matter expertise, research findings and evidence-based policies and practices around the targeted use of direct cash. 

Heart2Heart is a new initiative funded by the Office of Family Assistance (OFA) that promotes healthy relationships for all. 

Follow us @Heart2HeartGov for tips and resources about health families and relationships!

Want to collaborate? Contact us at Heart2HeartGov@acf.hhs.gov.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): TANF Work Outcomes Measures (Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023)

TANF provisions in the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) of 2023

Frequently asked questions and answers related to the TANF pilots established by the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. 

Executive Summary

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program provides a fixed block grant of about $16.5 billion to states, territories (Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico), and Washington, DC (hereafter “states”). Additionally, federally recognized American Indian tribes and Alaska Native organizations may elect to operate their own TANF programs. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) created TANF, repealing the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and related programs.

To inform states of a new required certification for TANF state plans.

The Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF) programs provide $150 million per year in discretionary grants, contracts, research and evaluation, and other activities to strengthen families, promote responsible parenting, and improve family economic stability. The programs were originally authorized in 2005, and continues its authorization under 42 U.S.C. §603(a)(2).