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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Title IV-A State Plan
6 strategies ► Maximize all state and local resources
Cultural Change:
► Provide information and support to participants enabling them to recognize their own strengths, value work, formulate goals, choose options, and meet new expectations ► Integrate Kentucky’s TANF State Plan mission into service delivery through training for case managers and communication with service providers ► Promote outcomes-oriented human-centered design concepts, with an enhanced focus on equity, supporting families with the highest barriers to economic opportunity and addressing persistent racial inequities.
Organization Operation:
► Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) is responsible for the TANF block grant ► CHFS has authority to submit the state plan for programs funded under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act ► CHFS has authority to establish and revise provisions of TANF funded programs and file administrative regulations governing the administration of the plan according to Chapters 194A and 205 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes ► TANF is administered by CHFS’s Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) ► DCBS has offices located in every county. DCBS has a statewide Call Service Center and website to serve clients. ► Case managers work in partnership with families to support their efforts toward identifying barriers and obtaining self-sufficiency ► Kentucky Works Program (KWP) Public Assistance Program Specialists DocuSign Envelope ID: BCAE5958-05F7-4630-9CB0-C6ACABA180AA