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Table of Contents TANF Purpose ...................................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 1 Program Goals ...................................................................................................................................... 2 Measuring Results ................................................................................................................................ 4 Public Involvement ................................................................................................................................ 6 Outline of Pennsylvania’s TANF Program ............................................................................................. 7 (a) Social Security Act Title IV-A Section 402(a)(1)(A)(i) ................................................................. 7 (b) Section 402(a)(1)(A)(ii) ............................................................................................................. 14 (c) Section 402(a)(1)(A)(iii) ............................................................................................................ 22 (d) Section 402(a)(1)(A)(iv) ............................................................................................................ 23 (e) Section 402(a)(1)(A)(v) ............................................................................................................. 24 (f) Section 402(a)(1)(A)(vi) ............................................................................................................ 26 (g) Section 402(a)(1)(A)(vii) ........................................................................................................... 29 (h) Section 402(a)(1)(A)(viii) .......................................................................................................... 31 (i) Section 402(a)(1)(B)(i) .............................................................................................................. 32 (j) Section 402(a)(1)(B)(ii) ............................................................................................................. 32 (k) Section 402(a)(1)(B)(iii) ............................................................................................................ 33 (l) Section 402(a)(1)(B)(v) ............................................................................................................. 33 (m)Title 45 Code of Federal Regulations §263.2(b)(3) & §263.2(c) preamble pages 17826-7 ...... 34 Maintenance of Effort Funded Services .............................................................................................. 34 Child Care ................................................................................................................................ 34 ELECT ...................................................................................................................................... 35 Nurse- Family Partnership ........................................................................................................ 36 Head Start ................................................................................................................................ 37 Additional Information ......................................................................................................................... 37 A. General Provisions .............................................................................................................. 37 Assistance ..................................................................................................................... 38 Non-Assistance ............................................................................................................. 38 Diversion ....................................................................................................................... 40 Determining Eligibility .................................................................................................... 43 Child Support Requirements.......................................................................................... 45 Coordination with Child Welfare .................................................................................... 48 Transfers of TANF Block Grant Funds .......................................................................... 48 Identifying Domestic Violence........................................................................................ 49 Link with Medical Assistance ......................................................................................... 50 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Outreach .................................... 51 B. Special Provisions ............................................................................................................... 52 Time-Out Initiative ......................................................................................................... 52 Domestic Violence ......................................................................................................... 52 Kinship Caregiver .......................................................................................................... 52 Extended TANF Cash Assistance ................................................................................. 53 Transitional Cash Assistance ........................................................................................ 53 Community Service Option ............................................................................................ 54 Office of Children, Youth, and Families ......................................................................... 54 Funding ............................................................................................................................................... 57 TANF Certifications ............................................................................................................................. 58