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| pg. 470 c. Non Recipient parents with a reason of:

i. Child Support Sanction; ii. Convicted Drug Felon; iii. Third Party Medical Sanction; iv. Intentional Program Violation Sanction; v. Fleeing Felon; vi. SSN Sanction; or, vii. Misrepresenting Residency Sanction Through data entry requirements in DHHS’s automated eligibility system (N-FOCUS); the categories of work-eligible individuals are identified in N-FOCUS as “Financially Responsible” within the TANF case. Compiling the data for the ACF-199 submission includes reading each case for the relationship between the adult(s) and children in the TANF case. When there are two adults, each with a parental relationship to the children, it is identified as a two-parent family with corresponding work participation requirements. If there is only one identified adult, or minor parent head-of-household, with a parent relationship to the children in the case, it will be included in the overall work participation data. Nebraska has developed tools for use by case managers and workers to track and verify the actual hours of participation by work-eligible individuals. These tools will be required for use on a statewide basis and are included as an attachment to this plan. N-FOCUS only allows staff to enter participation hours for federally defined activities, thereby assuring DHHS does not report non- countable activities. Additionally, DHHS has established a team of Economic Assistance Program Accuracy Specialists as part of the Research, Planning and Evaluation team that has responsibility for reading a select number of cash assistance cases each month to ensure benefits are accurately determined. Furthermore, the TANF Policy Unit has four (4) designated staff who conduct reviews of the Employment First related TANF cases each month. These reviews monitor the actual case accuracy for assessments, service plans, supportive services, and participation verification and documentation for each individual. The designated TANF Program Accuracy Specialists review an average of 360 cases each month to ensure compliance with TANF Work Verification Procedures and Requirements. Online management reports, based on these reviews, are available to identify program areas where staff need to be provided with additional information. Conducting a random sample of approximately 4,334 TANF cases provides results in which DHHS can be 99 percent confident that the results are within 2 percent of what would be found if all the state’s 6,632 cases were reviewed. A designated TANF Program Specialist completes a second-level review on 20 percent of selected TANF Program Accuracy Specialist’s portion of the 360 monthly case reviews. DHHS continues to monitor case activity from the ACF-199 report. When areas of inaccuracy are identified, contact is made with DHHS staff. The expectation is the identified cases will be corrected, and the DHHS staff will develop a greater understanding of the program and system processes.