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emergency or permanent shelter, food, home repairs, medical, moving, transportation, and /or utilities and fuel.

Families must be open in TANF or have qualifying Medicaid under the needy definition Delaware has established.

Administrative Costs

Delaware will comply with federal requirements.

Administrative costs for programs are financed by MOE: • Salary and non-salary costs for staff related to eligibility activities as computed with a cost-allocation plan which differentiates eligibility functions from other functions. • Cost of the TALX (employment data verification) program. • Funding for Department of Labor administrative costs for support they provide.

DSS System Cost

Costs for the development and implementation of the ASSIST Worker Web (AWW) management information system and other DSS systems are financed by MOE.

AWW is a large-scale client server, interactive eligibility determination, and benefit issuance system. AWW automates: client registration, application entry, eligibility determination, benefit calculation, benefit issuance, and work programs for more than 100 variations of cash, Medicaid, child care and food benefit programs administered by the Delaware Division of Social Services. AWW provides automated program support and supports the information needs at the state and local office level. AWW also incorporates program changes required by P.L. 104-193.

Subsidized Child Care & Child Care for Working Families not on TANF

Delaware uses MOE funds to subsidize or co-pay child care for working TANF recipients or those participating in TANF approved work preparation activities. Delaware also uses MOE funds to provide child care to working low-earning Delaware families. The purpose is to enable families to pay for child care while engaged in work preparation and/or employment and to enable low-earning families to pay child care expenses so they can accept and retain employment.

Safe Haven Sites Delaware will use a combination of TANF and MOE funds to support Safe Haven Sites which will provide services to needy families within the city of