From: Martin

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Subject: RE: TANF Transfer to research
Date: Thursday, September 03, 2015 10:09:23 AM

 

Quote from TANF reporting instructions, ?All funds transferred to the 8586 program are subject to
the statute and regulations of the 5586 program in place for the fiscal year at the time when the
transfer occurs AND pursuant to Section 404(a)(3) shall be used only for programs and services to
children or their families whose income is less than 200 percent of the income official poverty
line."

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These transactions will be material and audited, so all journals, etc. will need to be well documented
and allowable.

Sarah Gove

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From: Hamm, Bethany

Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2015 11:29 AM

To: Peavey, Sheryl; Whitt, David; Wiley, Jeffrey; Gove, Sarah; Porteous, Alec; Cohen, Daniel 
Subject: Re: TANF Transfer to research

lam in DC currently at a TANF conference. I just had the opportunity to speak with the top guy for
ACF policy related to this topic. His exact words were "once the transfer from TANF occurs, those
funds are governed by 8886 rules." The 200% FPL is still applicable but the spending is not restricted
to tanf like families.

Beth

From: Peavey, Sheryl

Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2015 09:21 AM Eastern Standard Time

To: Whitt, David; Hamm, Bethany; Wiley, Jeffrey; Gove, Sarah; Porteous, Alec
Subject: TANF Transfer to research

trying to understand our interpretation of the restrictions related to the TANF Transfer to SSBG. Found a

couple examples that could give us ?exibility in interpretation.

1. ww 1. is the Arizona plan that clearly shows their
intention to spend nearly double their SSBG allocation (thru TANF Transfer to SSBG) on populations that

are not "family designated" by virtue of "group" eligibility.
see the section beginning on page 24 about Service Availability and Target Group 

2. From the WCongresisional Research IService TANF Primer (of 2008)
11 2

page CRS-9. Transfers to Other Block Grants. Federal law allows up to 30% of federal TANF grants
(except contingency funds) to be transferred to the CCDF and SSBG combined, with a separate limit of
10% of TANF grants (except contingency funds) that may be transferred to SSBG.12 Funds transferred
to these other block grants become subject to the rules of the receiving block grant or SSBG),
and are not subject to TANF rules. However, TANF funds transferred to SSBG must be used for families

with incomes below 200% of the poverty line.
which sort of isn't enforced if you continue 

Page Under DATA REPORTING: Neither caseload counts nor characteristic information is
required to be reported for families receiving TANF-funded bene?ts and services that are not considered

assistance.

3. Page 52 from the NEW YORK reporting of its SSBG spendWhile the narrative in this report seems to indicate some eligibility criteria being applied that would
othen/vise restrict it, the spreadsheet clearly shows use of TANF transfer for home based services,

housing, elder care for adults.