Help for Families

Alabama Family Assistance Program

General Information:
(334) 242-1310

State Office:
Department of Human Resources
Family Assistance Division
50 North Ripley Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
(334) 242-1773

Alaska Temporary Assistance Program

General Information:
(907) 465-3030

State Office:
Department of Health and Social Services
350 Main Street Room 404
PO Box 110601
Juneau, AK 99811-0601
(907) 465-3030

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.
The following is the list of those programs:

Association of Village Council Presidents
Pouch 219
Bethel, AK 99518
(907) 543-7401

Bristol Bay Native Association
P.O. Box 310 Dillingham, AK 99576
(907) 842-6120

Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc.
3600 San Jeronimo Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508
(907) 793-3323

Kodiak Area Native Association
3449 E. Rezanof Drive
Kodiak, AK 99615
(907) 486-1393

Maniilaq Association
P.O. Box 256
Kotzebue, AK 99752
(907) 442-7665

Tanana Chiefs Conference
122 First Avenue Suite 600
Fairbanks, AK 99701
(907) 452 8251 x3390

Tlingit and Haida
320 W. Willoughby Avenue #300
Juneau, AK 99801
(907) 463-7157

Arizona Cash Assistance

General Information:
(800) 352-8401

State Office:
Department of Economic Security
1717 W. Jefferson
Phoenix, AZ 85007
(602) 542-9935

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.
The following is the list of those programs:

Hopi Tribe
P.O. Box 68, Second
Mesa, AZ 86043
(928) 734-2202

Navajo Nation
P.O. Box 4590
Window Rock, AZ
(928) 810-8552

Pascua Yaqui
7474 S. Camino de Oeste
Tucson, AZ 85757
(520) 879-5645

Salt River - Pima Maricopa
10005 E. Osborne Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85356
(480) 362-5659

San Carlos Apache Tribe
P.O. Box 871
Perdot, AZ 85542
(928) 475-5011

White Mountain Apache Tribe
P.O. Box 1150
White River, AZ 85941
(928) 338-4164

Arkansas Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

General Information:
(855) 225-4440

State Office:
Department of Workforce Services
#2 Capitol Mall
Little Rock, AR 72201

P.O. Box 2981
Little Rock, AR 72203

California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CALWORKS)

General Information:
(916) 657-2128

State Office:
Health and Human Services Agency
1600 9th Street Suite 460
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 654-3454

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.
The following is the list of those programs:

CTTP/Robinson Rancheria 
P.O. Box 988
Nice, CA 95464
(707)262-4402

Graton Rancheria
6400 Redwood Drive, Suite 104
Rohnert Park, CA 94928 
(707) 586-6100

Hoopa Valley 
P.O. Box 1348
Hoopa, CA 95546
(530) 625-4816

Karuk Tribe 
P.O. Box 1016
Happy Camp, CA
(530) 493-1600

Morongo Band 
P.O. Box 1268
Banning, CA 92220
(951) 755-5178

North Fork Rancheria 
P.O. Box 929
North Fork, CA 93643
(559) 877-2027

Owens Valley Career Development Center 
P.O. Box 1467
Bishop, CA 93515
(760) 873-5107

Pechanga
510 16th Street 302
Oakland, CA 94612 
(510) 835-3020

Round Valley Indian Tribes 
P.O. Box 448
Covelo, CA 95428
(707) 983-6126

Scotts Valley 
1465 Enea Circle, Building D Suite 700
Concord, CA 94520
(925) 771-8207

Shingle Springs Rancheria
5281 Honpie Road
Placerville, CA 95667
(530) 698-1433 

Soboba Band
1405 Spruce Street Suite A
Riverside, CA 92507
(951) 300-1682 

Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association 
P.O. Box 1470
Valley Center, CA 92082
(760) 742-8600

Torres Martinez 
P.O. Box 1160
Thermal, CA 92274
(760) 397-8147

Yurok Tribe 
P.O. Box 1027
Klamath, CA 95548
(707) 482-1350

Colorado Works

General Information:
1 (800) 536-5298

State Office:
Department of Human Services
Division of Colorado Works
1575 Sherman Street, 3rd Floor
Denver, Colorado  80203-1714
 

Connecticut Department of Social Services

General Information:
(800) 842-1508

State Office:
Department of Social Services
25 Sigourney Street
Hartford, CT 06106-5033
(860) 424-4908

Delaware ASSIST

Apply for cash assistance and other benefits.

General Information:
(302) 255-9500

State Office:
Health and Social Services
Division of Social Services
Herman Holloway Sr. Campus
1901 N. DuPont Highway
New Castle, DE 19720
(800) 372-2022

District of Columbia Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

General Information:
(202) 724-5506

State Office:
Department of Human Services
6th Floor
64 New York Avenue N.E.
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 671-4200

Florida Temporary Cash Assistance

General Information:
(866) 762-2237

State Office:
Department of Children and Families
1317 Winewood Boulevard Bldg. 1 Room 202
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0700
(850) 487-1111

Georgia Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

General Information:
(877) 423-4746

State Office:
Department of Human Services
Division of Family & Children Services
Director's Communications Group
2 Peachtree Street, NW
Suite 18-486
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
(404) 651-9361
(404) 657-3433

Guam Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

General Information:
(671) 735-7101

State Office:
Department of Public Health and Social Services
123 Chalan Kareta Route 10
Mangilao, GU 96913
(671) 735-7101

Hawaii Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

General Information:
(808) 586-4997

State Office:
Department of Human Services
PO Box 339
1390 Miller Street RM 209
Honolulu, HI 96813
 

Temporary Assistance for Families in Idaho

General Information:
(877) 456-1233

State Office:
Department of Health and Welfare
PO Box 83720
450 West State Street 10th Floor
Boise, ID 83720-0036
(208) 334-5500

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.
The following is the list of those programs:

Coeur d'Alene
P.O. Box 408
Plummer, ID 83852-04082
(208) 686 5621

Nez Perce
P.O. Box 365
Lapwai, ID 83540
(208) 843-2464

Shoshone - Bannock
P.O. Box 306
Fort Hall, ID 83203
(208) 478-3767

Illinois Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

General Information:
(217) 785-3300

State Office:
Department of Human Services
100 South Grand Avenue East
3rd Floor
Springfield, IL 62762
(217) 557-1601

Indiana Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

TANF, cash assistance, IMPACT (Indiana Manpower Placement and Comprehensive Training), TANF work program

General Information:
(800) 446-1993

State Office:
Family and Social Services Administration
402 W. Washington Street Room W-461
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 233-4690

Iowa Family Investment Program (FIP)

General Information:
(800) 972-2017

State Office:
Department of Human Services
Hoover State Office Building
1305 E. Walnut Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
(515) 281-5454

Kansas Department for Children and Families

General Information:
(888) 369-4777

State Office:
Department of Children and Families
915 SW Harrison
Topeka, KS 66612
 

Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program (K-TAP)

General Information:
(502) 564-3440

State Office:
Division of Family Support
275 East Main Street 3E-I
Frankfort, KY 40621
 

Louisiana Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program (FITAP)

FITAP (Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program), cash assistance, (STEP) Strategies to Empower People

General Information:
(225) 342-3947

State Office:
Department of Social Services
P.O. Box 3776
627 N Fourth Street 8th FL
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
(225) 342-0286

Maine Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

TANF, cash assistance, ASPIRE (Additional Support for People in Retraining and Employment), TANF work program

General Information:
(207) 287-3707

State Office:
Department of Health and Human Services
221 State Street
State House Station #11
Augusta, ME 04333
(207) 287-3707

Maryland Family Investment Program (FIP)

General Information:
(800) 332-6347

State Office:
Department of Human Resources
Saratoga State Center
311 West Saratoga Street 10th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 767-5975

Massachusetts Cash Assistance

Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children

General Information:
(800) 249-2007

State Office:
Department of Transitional Assistance
600 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111
(877) 382-2363

Michigan Cash Assistance

General Information:
(855) 275-6424

State Office:
Department of Human Services
235 S. Grand Avenue
PO Box 30037
Lansing, MI 48909

Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP)

General Information:
(651) 431-2000

State Office:
Department of Human Services
540 Cedar Street
St. Paul, MN 55155

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs:

Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
43408 Oodena Drive
Onamia, Minnesota
(320)532-7556

Mississippi Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

General Information:
(800) 948-4060

State Office:
Department of Human Services
P.O. Box 352
750 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39205
(601) 359-4757

Missouri Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

General Information:
(573) 751-3221

State Office:
Department of Social Services
PO Box 1527
Broadway State Office Building
Jefferson City, MO 65102-1527
(573) 751-4815

ACCESS Nebraska

General Information:
(800) 383-4278

State Office:
Department of Health and Human Services
Nebraska State Office Building 3rd Floor
301 Centennial Mall South P.O. Box 95026
Lincoln, NE 68509-5026
(402) 471-3121

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.
The following is the list of those programs:

Santee Sioux Nation
108 Spirit Lake West  
Niobrara, NE 68760-7219
(402) 857-2380

Winnebago Tribe
P.O. Box 771 
Winnebago, NE 68071
(402) 878-2447

Nevada Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

General Information:
(800) 992-0900

State Office:
Department of Health and Human Services
4126 Technology Way Room 100
Carson City, NV 89706-2009
(775) 684-4000

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs:

Washoe Tribe  
919 HWY 395 South
Gardnerville, NV 89410
(775)782-6320

New Hampshire Financial Assistance to Needy Families

FAP (Family Assistance Program), financial aid for work-exempt families
NHEP (New Hampshire Employment Program), financial aid for work-mandated families

General Information:
(800) 852-3345, ext. 9700

State Office:
Department of Health and Human Services
129 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301-3857
(603) 271-9700

Work First New Jersey (WFNJ)

General Information:
(800) 792-9773

State Office:
Department of Human Services
Office of the Commissioner 222 South Warren Street
PO Box 700
Trenton, NJ 08625-0700
(609) 292-3717

New Mexico Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

General Information:
(888) 473-3676

State Office:
Human Services Department
2009 S. Pacheco, Pollon Plaza
Santa Fe, NM 87504
(505) 827-7250

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.

Pueblo of Zuni
P. O. Box 339
Zuni, NM 87327
(505) 782-7181

New York Temporary Assistance

General Information:
(800) 342-3009

State Office:
Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
40 North Pearl Street
Albany, NY 12243-0001
(518) 473-1090

North Carolina Work First

General Information:
(919) 527-6300

State Office:
NC DHHS- Division of Social Services
Dorothea Dix Campus, McBryde Building
820 S. Boylan Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27603
(919) 527-6335

North Dakota Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

General Information:
(800) 755-2716

State Office:
Department of Human Services
600 East Boulevard Avenue, Dept 325
Bismarck N.D. 58505-0250
(701) 328-2310

Ohio Works First (OWF)

General Information:
(866) 244-0071

State Office:
Department of Job and Family Services
State Office Tower 32nd Floor
30 E. Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215-3414
(614) 466-4815

Oklahoma Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

General Information:
(866) 411-1877

State Office:
Department of Human Services
PO Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
(405) 521-3646

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.
The following is the list of those programs:

Muscogee Creek Nation
P. O. Box 580
Okmulgee, OK 74447
(918) 732-7986

Osage Nation
86 CR 5400
Hominy, OK 74035
(918) 287-5326

Oregon Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

General Information:
(503) 945-5600

State Office:
Department of Human Services
500 Summer Street NE
Salem, OR 97301-1097
(503) 945-5944

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.
The following is the list of those programs:

Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation
P.O. Box 549
Siletz, OR 97380
(541) 444-2532 ext 1220

Klamath Tribes
P.O. Box 436
Chiloquin, OR 97624
(541) 783-2219 ext 131

Pennsylvania Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

General Information:
(800) 692-7462

State Office:
Department of Public Welfare
625 Forster St.
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 787-1870

Puerto Rico Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)


General Information:
(787) 289-7600

State Office:
Department of the Family
PO Box 11398
San Juan, PR 00910-1398
(787) 294-0738

Rhode Island Works

General Information:
(401) 462-5300

State Office:
Executive Office of Human Services
Louis Pasteur Bldg. #57
600 New London Avenue
Cranston, RI 02920
 

South Carolina Family Independence Program

General Information:
(800) 616-1309

State Office:
Department of Social Services
P.O. Box 1520
1535 Confederate Ave Rm 603
Columbia, SC 29202-1520
(803) 898-7601

South Dakota Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

General Information:
(605) 773-4678

State Office:
Department of Social Services
700 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501-2291
(605) 773-3165

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.

Sisseton - Wahpeton Oyate
Employment and Training
Box 509
Agency Village, SD 57262
(605) 698-4400

Tennessee Families First

General Information:
(866) 311-4287

State Office:
Department of Human Services
400 Deaderick Street 15th Floor
Nashville, TN 37243-1403
(615) 313-4700

Texas Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Texas Workforce Commission, TANF work program
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (HHSC), cash assistance

General Information:
(877) 541-7905

State Office:
Workforce Commission
101 E. 15th Street
Austin, TX 78778-0001
(512) 463-2222

State Office:
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Brown-Heatly Building
4900 N. Lamar Blvd.
Austin, TX 78751-2316
(512) 424-6500

Utah Temporary Assistance

General Information:
(866) 435-7414

State Office:
Department of Workforce Services
P.O. Box 45249
Salt Lake City, UT  84145-0249
(801) 526-9675

Reach Up in Vermont (TANF)

General Information:
(802) 871-3390

State Office:
Department for Children and Families, Economic Services Division
Agency of Human Services
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, VT 05676-1500
(800) 479-6151

Virgin Islands Family Improvement Program (FIP)

Main Offices:

Department of Human Services
Knud Hansen Complex
1303 Hospital Ground
Building A
Charlotte Amalie, VI 00802
(340) 774-0930

DHS St. Croix Central Offices
3011 Golden Rock
Christiansted
St Croix, VI 00820
(340) 773-2323

St. John Multipurpose Building
DHS Head Quarters in St. John
Cruz Bay, St. John
(340) 776-6334

Virginia Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

General Information:
(855) 635-4370

State Office:
Department of Social Services
801 E. Main Street
Richmond, VA 23219
(800) 552-3431

Washington TANF and WorkFirst Program

General Information:
(877) 501-2233

State Office:
Department of Social and Health Services
Constituent Services
PO Box 45130
Olympia, WA 98504-5130
(800) 737-0617

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.
The following is the list of those programs:

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
P.O. Box 150
Nespelem, WA 99155
(509)634-2621

Lower Elwha Tribe
3080 Lower Elwha Road
Port Angeles, WA 98363
(360) 452-8471 ext 237

Lummi Nation
2616 Kwina Drive
Bellingham, WA 98226
(360) 384-7108

Nooksack Indian Tribe
5048 Mt. Baker Highway
P.O. Box 157
Deming, WA 98244
(360) 592-0135

Port Gamble S'Klallam
31912 Little Boston Road NE
Kingston, WA 98346
(360) 297-9629

Quileute Indian Tribe
P.O. Box 277
Push, WA 98350
(360) 374-0336

Quinault Indian Tribe
P.O. Box 189
Taholah, WA 98587
(360) 276-8215 ext 488

Spokane
P.O. Box 100
Wellpinit, WA 99040
(509) 533-1360

Tulalip Tribes
6406 Marine Drive
Tulalip, WA 98271
(360) 716-4889

Upper Skagit Indian Tribe
25944 Community Plaza Way
Sedro Woolley, WA 98284
(360) 854-7090 ext 7020

South Puget Inter-Tribal
Planning Agency
3104 SE Olympic Highway
Shelton, WA 98584
(360) 462-3236

West Virginia Works Program

General Information:
(877) 716-1212

State Office:
Department of Health and Human Resources
Division of Family Assistance
350 Capitol Street, Room B-18
Charleston, WV 25301
(304) 558-8290

Wisconsin Works (W-2) Program

General Information:
(608) 266-6886

State Office:
Department of Children and Families
201 E. Washington Avenue 2nd Floor
P.O. Box 8916
Madison, WI 53707-7935
(608) 267-3905

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.
The following is the list of those programs:

Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa
P.O. Box 55
Odana, WI 54861
(715) 682-7127

Forest County Potawatomi Community
P.O. Box 340
Crandon, WI 54520
(715) 478-7206

Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
P.O. Box 67
Lac du Flambeau, WI 54533
(715) 588-4235

Menominee Indian Tribe
P.O. Box 910
Keshena, WI 54135
(715) 799-4470

Oneida Tribe
P.O. Box 365
Oneida, WI 54155
(920) 490-3777

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
88385 Pike Road Highway 13
Bayfield, WI 54814
(715) 779-3706

Sokaogon Chippewa Community
10808 Sokaogon Drive
Crandonm WI 54520
(715) 478-3265

Stockbridge-Munsee Community
P.O. Box 70
N8705 Mohheconnuck Road
Bowler WI, 54416
(715) 793-4885

Wyoming TANF and Personal Opportunities With Employment Responsibility (POWER)

General Information:
(307) 777-5846

State Office:
Department of Family Services
Hathaway Building
Third Floor
2300 Capitol Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82002
(307) 777-7561

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.
The following is the list of those programs:

Northern Arapaho Tribe of the
Wind River Indian Reservation
Department of Social Services
P.O. Box 6130
Riverton, WY 82501
(303) 857-2436

Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation
P.O. Box 1210
Fort Washakie, WY 82514
(307) 332-8052