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e Department of Social Services, Division of Child Support
e Department of Social Services, Division of Child Protection Services e Department of Social Services, Division of Behavioral Health
e Representatives of local school districts
e South Dakota Network Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault
TRIBES
Persons served by tribes [who receive a Tribal Family Assistance Grant], are not counted in either the State's denominator or numerator when calculating participation rates for "all families". If Tribal Native Employment Works (NEW) participants are not in a countable work activity as defined under the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) final rule section 261.2 and section 407 of Public Law 104-193, the State reserves the right to require them to perform such approved work activities in order for the State to meet its work participation rate requirements.
The State provides equitable services to Indians on or off the reservations through our established network of local offices and staff, the Tribal Native Employment Works (NEW) program, and Welfare-to-Work programs. Pertinent information regarding experiences will be shared with all Tribes upon request for their planning purposes related to applications for a TANF grant.
ADMINISTRATION The Department of Social Services is the state agency administering the TANF program. DSS contracts with the Department of Labor and Regulation and may utilize nonprofit organizations to deliver employment services.
FUNDING
Section 403(a)(I)(A) provides that each eligible State shall be entitled to receive for each fiscal year, a grant in an amount equal to the State family assistance grant as defined in section 403(a)(I)(B).
lL. Payments to Agency Administering the TANF Program e Payments for the TANF program should be made to the Department of Social Services which managed the AFDC/JOBS programs as of August 22, 1996. Il. State Payments for TANF Program e The State's estimate for each quarter of the fiscal year by percentage is:
1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
25% 25% 25% 25%
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