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TANF State Plan FFY 2026 Effective October 1, 2025 Page 19 of 24 E. Tribal TANF Programs Each of the Coeur d’Alene, Nez Perce, and Shoshone-Bannock Tribes receive State General MOE funds based on their share of the annual family assistance program established on December 22, 1999. These funds are used to provide basic cash assistance to Tribal members (at or below 200% of poverty) participating in their Tribal TANF programs. The Coeur d’Alene, Nez Perce, and Shoshone-Bannock Tribes are currently operating their own programs. Idaho provides equitable access to assistance through the state program for each member of an Indian tribe living in the state and not eligible for assistance through a tribal family assistance plan. Department staff attends quarterly meetings with the tribes to discuss TANF issues. A federal liaison also attends these meetings. In accordance with 42 U.S.C. 608 (a)(7)(d)(i) and (ii), the State will disregard any month during which an adult TANF participant lived in Indian country if the most reliable data available with respect to the month or period including the month indicate that at least 50 percent of the adults living in Indian country were not employed. 4. COORDINATION OF SERVICES Across the state, many public and private programs work for the well-being of children and families. These community programs offer a wide range of services that focus on parenting skills and responsibilities. The Department provides services to many of the same families served by these community programs. The Department collaborates with community services programs to promote parental responsibility, bringing all the programs to the same table to share critical information, focus on common needs, and reduce repetitive actions. 5. FRAUD AND ABUSE The Department uses an integrated eligibility system for which at the time of initial application, information is verified through documentation provided as well as interfaces built into the system that include the Department of Labor, Social Security, and the Work Number. Anytime a change occurs, the system can be checked in real time, to mitigate fraud and or intentional program violations. The Department has an Integrity Unit which receives referrals regarding customers who may have received benefits they were not entitled to. For cases that need additional investigation, they are referred to a Fraud Investigator to investigate further and if meet a prosecution standard are forwarded to a state prosecutor. The TANF program incorporates family penalties into the program rules and when a participant does not report a change in income, resources, or household composition, without good cause, the family is ineligible for a period of one month for the first occurrence and three months for any additional occurrences. Deliberate failure to report a change may be pursued as an Intentional Program Violation (IPV), which is a full family sanction. The first violation results in a 12-month ineligibility period, a second violation results in a 24-month ineligibility period and the third violation results in permanent disqualification from the TANF program. All IPVs and their disqualification periods previously acquired through Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) are counted toward the Idaho TANF program. The disqualified individual’s needs are not included in the grant calculation, and the individual’s income and resources count towards the family’s eligibility calculation.