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Iowa’s TANF State Plan

14 OTHER TANF AND SEGREGATED OR SEPARATE STATE PROGRAMS USED FOR MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT

The following is a list of Iowa programs, other than FIP, that use TANF, state maintenance of effort (MOE) funding or both. Segregated or Separate State Programs used for MOE are identified below. Except for those programs below that are specifically identified as using only state funds, each program listed uses either all TANF funds or commingled TANF and state MOE funds.

All programs, benefits, and services for which state funds may be claimed for MOE purposes under Section 409(a)(7) of the Social Security Act, were either previously authorized and allowable as of August 21, 1996, or were implemented after that date. Consequently, in accordance with 45 CFR 265.9(c)(7) and (8), information about state expenditures on MOE programs for federal fiscal year 1995 are not required and are not included.

Of the programs listed below, only TANF funding for Family Investment Program (FIP) cash grant assistance is considered “assistance” within the federal TANF definition and, consequently, counts toward a family’s federal 60-month lifetime limit. However, by state law, the same definition of “assistance” is used for two Segregated State Programs; Two-Parent Families Receiving FIP and FIP for Battered Aliens, and benefits under either program count toward a family’s state 60-month lifetime limit.

Citizenship, eligible alien status, and social security number requirements apply to:  FIP;  Two-Parent Families Receiving FIP;  FIP for Battered Aliens; and  All other programs to the extent required by federal law.

In those instances where the description of a program indicates that a family must be participating in FIP or otherwise eligible for FIP as a condition for receiving benefits or services, the FIP income limitations and other eligibility criteria previously described [including household composition] apply unless otherwise specified. FIP income limitations and other eligibility criteria also apply to any program where the program description indicates the family must be participating in PROMISE JOBS services as described below. Descriptions of programs dependent on FIP eligibility criteria do not repeat these criteria.

Family Investment Program (FIP) Related Programs:

 Two-Parent Families Receiving FIP: This Segregated State Program uses only state funds to provide FIP benefits to two-parent families when both parents receive FIP. All FIP and PROMISE JOBS program provisions, including Iowa’s 60-month limit on the receipt of assistance, apply to persons in this program.

State funds expended for this program are used to meet TANF MOE requirements as they meet the criteria of 409(a)(7)(B)(i)(I) and (II)(bb) of Title IV-A of the Social Security Act.

 Family Investment Program for Battered Aliens: This Segregated State Program uses only state funds to provide cash assistance grants to immigrants who have been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty and are eligible as qualified aliens under the provisions of 8 U.S.C. 1641(c) but have not resided in the U.S. for