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Tribal TANF Plan Content and Processing

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How can a Tribe apply to administer a Tribal Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (TANF) Program?

Who submits a Tribal Family Assistance Plan?

What must be included in the Tribal Family Assistance Plan?

What information on minimum work participation requirements must a Tribe include in its Tribal Family Assistance Plan?

How will we calculate the work participation rates?

How many hours per week must an adult or minor head-of-household participate in work-related activities to count in the numerator of the work participation rate?

What, if any, are the special rules concerning counting work for two-parent families?

Section
286.100

What activities count towards the work participation rate?

Section
286.105

What limitations concerning vocational education, job search and job readiness assistance exist with respect to the work participation rate?

Section
286.110

What safeguards are there to ensure that participants in Tribal TANF work activities do not displace other workers?

Section
286.115

What information on time limits for the receipt of assistance must a Tribe include in its Tribal Family Assistance Plan?

Section
286.120

Can Tribes make exceptions to the established time limit for families?

Section
286.125

Does the receipt of TANF benefits under a State or other Tribal TANF program count towards a Tribe's TANF time limit?

Section
286.130

Does the receipt of Welfare-to-Work (WtW) cash assistance count towards a Tribe's TANF time limit?

Section
286.135

What information on penalties against individuals must be included in a Tribal Family Assistance Plan?

Section
286.140

What special provisions apply to victims of domestic violence?

Section
286.145

What is the penalty if an individual refuses to engage in work activities?

Section
286.150

Can a family, with a child under age 6, be penalized because a parent refuses to work because (s)he cannot find child care?

Section
286.155

May a Tribe condition eligibility for Tribal TANF assistance on assignment of child support to the Tribe?

Section
286.160

What are the applicable time frames and procedures for submitting a Tribal Family Assistance Plan?

Section
286.165

How is a Tribal Family Assistance Plan amended?

Section
286.170

How may a Tribe petition for administrative review of disapproval of a TFAP or amendment?

Section
286.175

What special provisions apply in Alaska?

Section
286.180

What is the process for developing the comparability criteria that are required in Alaska?

Section
286.185

What happens when a dispute arises between the State of Alaska and the Tribal TANF eligible entities in the State related to the comparability criteria?

Section
286.190

If the Secretary, the State of Alaska, or any of the Tribal TANF eligible entities in the State of Alaska want to amend the comparability criteria, what is the process for doing so?