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| pg. 489 The following are the qualifying state expenditures for Nebraska’s TANF Maintenance–of–Effort requirement beginning Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2006, with the exception of Nebraska’s Earned Income Tax Credit which began qualifying as a TANF Maintenance–of–Effort expenditure for FFY 2007: 1. Cash Assistance. Nebraska’s Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) program provides cash assistance to low–income families with minor children to help to meet their basic needs. This program is funded with both TANF federal funds and state general funds. Eligibility is based on the same criteria for TANF cash assistance. 2. Employment Assistance. Nebraska’s Employment First program provides education, training, employment preparation activities, and supportive services along with other activities and services to recipients of ADC cash assistance. The Employment First program is designed to move families, who are receiving ADC cash assistance, quickly into employment so that they may become economically independent. In order to promote job advancement and job retention, supportive services may be provided after the loss of eligibility for ADC cash assistance due to earned income:

a. Extended supportive services: Supportive services determined necessary to participate in all approved Employment First activities included in a participant’s Self–Sufficiency Contract may be provided for up to three months, if needed, after the loss of eligibility for ADC cash assistance due to earned income. b. Transitional supportive services: Supportive services determined necessary and critical for job retention may be provided for up to six months, if needed, after the loss of eligibility for ADC cash assistance due to earned income. 3. Administrative Expenses. Nebraska expends funds to administer Nebraska’s assistance programs. These administrative costs support staff and necessary overhead. These qualifying state expenditures are developed through our Cost Allocation Plan. 4. Information Systems Expenses. Nebraska expends funds to provide information systems to provide needed information to staff regarding eligibility, client activities, cash payments and services for families receiving assistance. These qualifying state expenditures are developed through our Cost Allocation Plan. 5. Child Care Assistance. Nebraska’s Child Care Subsidy program subsidizes childcare costs for eligible families. Child Care Subsidy may be available at no cost to families receiving ADC cash assistance or whose gross earned and unearned income is at or below 100 percent of the Federal Poverty Level. Families whose incomes are above the current income standard for the full subsidy may be eligible for a partial subsidy if their gross earned and unearned income is at or below 130 percent of the Federal Poverty Level at initial eligibility or 185 percent of the Federal Poverty Level at redetermination. Families must also show a need for receiving a childcare subsidy, such as, but not limited to, job search, employment, education, training, incapacitated parent, and need to obtain medical care. 6. Tribal TANF Programs. Nebraska provides a fair and equitable share of state Maintenance– of–Effort funds to Nebraska Tribes in support of their federally approved Tribal TANF programs. DHHS specifies that the state Maintenance–of–Effort funds provided to the Tribes be used for Tribal cash payments to eligible families. Eligibility is defined in their Tribal