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Program Instructions

TANF Program Instructions Indexed by Year [ 2009 - 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - Archive ]

2009

TANF-ACF-PI-2009-01 (supersedes TANF-ACF-PI-2008-01)
January 8, 2009
Eligibility of Iraqi and Afghan aliens who have been granted special immigrant status for Federal TANF and State Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) benefits


2008

TANF-ACF-PI-2008-01(Superseded by TANF-ACF-PI-2009-01).
February 21, 2008
Eligibility of Iraqi and Afghan aliens who have been granted special immigrant status for Federal TANF and State Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) benefits

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2008-02
March 20, 2008
Questions and Answers on the Final TANF Rule

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2008-03
April 11, 2008
Guidance for the Resolution of State and Tribal Disagreements Over the State-Submitted Caseload and Expenditure Data Used to Establish the Amount of a Tribal Family Assistance Grant (TFAG).

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2008-04
May 6, 2008

Federal TANF Contingency Funds.

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2008-05 (amended)
May 22, 2008

Diversion Programs

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2008-06
July 14, 2008

Electronic Submission of Annual Report on TANF Programs (Attachment A) and State Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) Programs (Form ACF-204) (Attachment B)

TANF-ACF-PI-2008-07
July 24, 2008
Form ACF-199, TANF Data Report, and Form ACF-209, SSP-MOE Data Report, Approved by the Office of Management and Budget through 09/30/2011 (OMB Control Number 0970-0199)

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2008-08
August 13, 2008
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 of Title IV of the Social Security Act  

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2008-09
October 24, 2008
Approved Form ACF-196T Tribal TANF Financial Report Form.

TANF-ACF-PI-2008-10
October 23, 2008
Pro-family Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) Spending Provision

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2008-11
October 27, 2008
Revised Form ACF-202, Caseload Reduction Report

 

2007

TANF-ACF-PI-2007-01 -
February 23, 2007
Reporting on TANF Work Measures Data for FY 2006

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2007-02
May 18, 2007
Questions and Responses on Coordination between the TANF and the Child Support Enforcement Programs since enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA of 2005)

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2007-03 (Correction)
July 18, 2007
Pre-award Costs for Potential Tribal TANF Grantees.(Originally issued as TANF-ACF-PI-2007-02)

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2007-04
September 17, 2007
Reporting on TANF Agency NDNH Match Results.

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2007-05
October 1, 2007
Policy on “subject to a penalty” for refusing to participate in work activities

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2007- 06 Not Issued

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2007-07
October 04, 2007
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 of Title IV of the Social Security Act

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2007-08
November 28, 2007
Using Federal TANF and State Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) Funds for Families in Areas Covered by a Federal or State Disaster Declaration

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2007-09 NEW ACF-PI-2007- 03
November 28, 2007
Implementation of New Procedure for Disseminating Program Instructions (PIs), Policy Announcements (PAs), Information Memoranda (IMs), and Other Documents

 

2006

TANF-ACF-PI-2006-01
March 15, 2006
Reporting on TANF Work Measures after Enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA)

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2006-02
June 6, 2006
Elimination of non-assistance families in the TANF and SSP-MOE Data Reports.

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2006-03
June 20, 2006
Collecting and repaying overpayments made to families under the AFDC and TANF Programs

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2006-04
September 25, 2006
Qualifying to Count Participation in Job Search and Job Readiness Assistance Activities for Up to Twelve Weeks

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2006-05
October 10, 2006 - Amended
September 28, 2006 - Original
Reporting Deemed Core Hours on the TANF Data Report and the SSP-MOE Data Report for Fiscal Year 2007

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2006-06
October 17, 2006
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 of Title IV of the Social Security Act Level from a State Program Funded Under Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2006-07
November 15, 2006
New Form ACF-202, Caseload Reduction Report

 

2005

TANF-ACF-PI-2005-01
April 14, 2005
Funding Childhood Education, School Readiness, Kindergarten and other Public Education Programs

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2005-02
April 19, 2005
Using Federal TANF or State MOE Funds to Purchase a Business

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2005-03
May 11, 2005
Requirements for Tribes and States Concerning Service Areas and Populations for Tribal TANF Programs

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2005-04
June 9, 2005
TANF High Performance Bonus (HPB) Measures Related to Participation in the Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2005-05
September 14, 2005
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 of Title IV of the Social Security Act

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2005-06
September 11, 2005
Using Federal TANF and State MOE Funds for Families Affected By Hurricane Katrina

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2005-07
October 12, 2005
Public Law 109-68, the TANF Emergency Response and Recovery Act of 2005

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2005-08
November 2, 2005
Certain Requirements that Apply to Tribal TANF and NEW Programs and Funds Included in Public Law 102-477 (Under the NEW program, this instruction is NEW-ACF-PI-2005-02)

 

2004

TANF-ACF-PI-2004-01
January 28, 2004
FY 2004 TANF High Performance Bonus (HPB) Work Measure Reporting Requirements

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2004-02
May 14, 2004
FY 2004 TANF High Performance Bonus (HPB) Medicaid/SCHIP Measures

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2004-03
July 14, 2004
Use of TANF Funds to Recover Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) Overpayments

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2004-04
August 26, 2004
Children in Foster Homes and Children Receiving Payments in Excess of the Poverty Income Level Funded Under Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2004-05
December 30, 2004
FY 2005 TANF High Performance Bonus (HPB Performance Year 2004) Work Measure Reporting Requirements

 

2003

TANF-ACF-PI-2003-01
January 23, 2003
Retention of TANF Records

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2003-02
April 14, 2003
Approved Form ACF-196

TANF-ACF-PI-2003-03
April 17, 2003
Deeming of Sponsor's Income and Resources To A Non-Citizen

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2003-04
May 5, 2003
State/Tribal Guidance on Resolution of Data for Tribal Family Assistance Grant

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2003-05
Reissued as TANF-ACF-PI-2003-07

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2003-06
October 10, 2003
Form ACF4125 - Request for Number of Children Receiving Payments in Excess of Poverty Income Level from State Programs Funded Under Title IV-A

 

TANF-ACF-PI-2003-07
November 20, 2003
ACF 196-TR Financial Report Form and Instructions Replaces TANF-ACF-PI-2003-05

 

 

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