Examples of Federal TANF funds in a sentence
Any family that includes an adult or minor child head of household or a spouse of the head of household who has received assistance under any State program funded by Federal TANF funds for 60 months (whether or not consecutive) is ineligible for additional federally funded TANF assistance.
Each State files quarterly expenditure data on the State’s use of Federal TANF funds, State TANF MOE expenditures, and State expenditures of MOE funds in separate State programs.
If a State is expending Federal TANF funds received in prior fiscal years, it must file a separate quarterly TANF Financial Report for each fiscal year that provides information on the expenditures of that year’s TANF funds.
The average monthly number of families that include an adult or minor child head of household, or the spouse of the head of household, who has received assistance under any State program funded by Federal TANF funds for more than 60 countable months (whether or not consecutive) may not exceed 20 percent of the average monthly number of all families to which the State provided assistance during the fiscal year or the immediately preceding fiscal year (but not both), as the State may elect.
Tribes may not transfer any Federal TANF funds to the Social Services Block Grant (Title XX) (CFDA 93.667) or the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575).
Indirect costs may be applied to the Federal TANF funds based on the indirect cost rate negotiated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Cost Allocation, or another Federal agency.
Effective October 1, 2008, States may use Federal TANF funds carried forward into a fiscal year from a prior fiscal year to provide, without fiscal year limitation, any benefit or service provided under the State’s TANF program (42 USC 604(e), as amended by ARRA).
Federal TANF funds, as well as public or private funds, may be used to provide matching funds for qualified expenses and to administer IDAs, and shall be expended in a manner consistent with applicable federal and state statutes and regulations, with the exception of federal Earned Income Tax Credit refunds.
In deciding how to best use Federal TANF funds for low-income families, MDHS developed strong collaborative relationships with businesses, local agencies, faith-based groups, and community organizations for the delivery of services.
To provide assistance, using Federal TANF funds, to low-income families in resolving barriers to self-sufficiency the State may establish a Crisis Intervention Program.