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Minnesota Family Investment Program Minnesota House Research Department Page 15  persons who have fraudulently misrepresented residency to obtain assistance simultaneously in two or more states.24 (In this case, MFIP is not provided for ten years.) Operation of the Tribal TANF Programs Two Minnesota Tribes, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe and the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, operate separate Tribal TANF programs. The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe’s Tribal TANF program follows some of the same basic framework as MFIP, using the same grant amounts and following some of the other MFIP requirements. The Band also imposes a 60-month limit on assistance, but uses non-TANF funds to provide assistance to families beyond the time limit. Some of the features of the Band’s program are different from MFIP:  The Band’s Tribal TANF program has some additional types of sanctions: for failure to achieve negative results on an employer-administered drug test; for failure to keep a minor child in school; and for abuse, neglect, or domestic violence in the family.  The state must release child support collections, except for medical and child care support, to a Tribal TANF recipient who has assigned the support rights to the state and who is cooperating with child support requirements.  The Band’s Tribal TANF program disregards 75 percent of child support income per month in calculating the amount of a recipient family’s cash grant, if the family is in compliance with employment services requirements.25  Tribal TANF appeals are heard by the Band.  The Band does not count the $50 housing subsidy as income (see page 5 for more information on the $50 subsidized housing provision). The Band’s Tribal TANF program began operating January 1, 1999, in a six-county area covering Aitkin, Crow Wing, Morrison, Benton, Mille Lacs, and Pine Counties. On April 1, 2005, the program was expanded to serve Minnesota Chippewa Tribal members residing in Anoka, Hennepin, or Ramsey Counties on a voluntary basis. In September 2022, the program was expanded to Kanabec and Chisago Counties. The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians began operating a Tribal TANF program on January 1, 2015, in a two-county area covering Beltrami and Clearwater Counties. Eligible families must have at least one assistance unit member who is a citizen of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians or is enrolled or eligible to be enrolled with another federally recognized Tribe and reside within the boundaries of the Red Lake Nation. In 2016, administration of SNAP, Child

24 See Minn. Stat. 142G.18. 25 MFIP allows a disregard for child support of up to $100 for an assistance unit with one child and up to $200 for an assistance unit with two or more children.