National CommunityBased Abstinence Education Grantees Conference

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National Community-Based Abstinence Education
Grantees Conference Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families (TANF) Program and Funding
Overview Grant E. Collins II Administration
for Children and Families Office of Family
Assistance
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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

• Cash Assistance, Work, and Family Strengthening
  to Needy Families

• Block Grant To States (16.5 billion annually)

• Established Time Limits Ending Entitlement

• S. 1932/ P.L. 109-171 Five Year Reauthorization

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Temporary Assistance for Needy
FamiliesTANF Purposes
Provide
Assistance to Needy Families So That Children
Can Be Cared For In
Their Own Homes
Reduce Dependency By Promoting Job Preparation,
Work, and Marriage
To Prevent Out-of-Wedlock Pregnancies
Encourage the Formation of Two Parent Families
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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families How Is
The Program Funded?

• Block Grants and State Maintenance of Effort
  (MOE)

• Federal and State Combines for 25.5 Billion
  Annually

• Supplemental Grants to States 319 Million

• Use of Funds In A Manner Reasonably Calculated To
  Accomplish the Purposes of TANF

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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Expenditure Trends

• FY 1997 States Spent 73 of Funds on Cash
  Assistance
• FY 2003 that amount was only 42

• FY 1997 States Spent 9 on Other Activities
• FY 2003 that amount was up to 24

• More spent on pregnancy prevention and two-parent
  family formation in recent years

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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Expenditure Trends

• 19 States Spent TANF Funds on Healthy Marriage
  programs since FY 2002

• Includes 13 States that Spent TANF Funds on
  Healthy Marriage programs in FY 2005

• States Can Support Abstinence programs with TANF
  Funds

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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
State Contacts
www.acf.dhhs.gov/program/ofa/

• State Human Service Directors, TANF Directors,
  and State Contact Numbers

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Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood
Provisions of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
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What Types of Grants Will Be Available?

• Responsible Fatherhood

Sustain Marriage
Responsible Parenting
Foster Economic Stability

• Healthy Marriage

Eight Allowable Activities
Ensure Voluntary Participation
Consult with Experts in Domestic Violence
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Where Are The Opportunities?
Provides communities with the resources to
promote family strengthening in ways that make
sense at the local level
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What Are the Grant Programs About?

• Advancing Family Strengthening Work Started in 96

• Providing a Framework for Unique and Original
  Local Approaches

• Developing Effective Strategies for Prevention

• Improving Child Well Being