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TANF Section, WIOA Combined Plan Modifications 2026

63 1. (l) Name of Benefit or Service Program: Kinship Care

2. Description of the Major Program Benefits, Services, and Activities: Cash assistance is provided on a monthly basis to the relative caretakers of needy children. Effective January 1, 2020 and January 1, 2021 the maximum payment is $254.00 per month per child. The expenditure levels provided below include the administrative costs of local assessments.

3. Purpose(s) of Benefit or Service Program: TANF Purpose (a): Provide assistance to needy families so that children may be cared for in their own homes or in the homes of relatives.

4. Program Type (Check one)

__x___ This Program is operated under the TANF program

______ This Program is a Separate State program

5. Description of Work Activities (Complete only if this program is a Separate State program)

6. Total State Expenditures for the Program for the Fiscal Year: $34,048,023

7. Total State MOE Expenditures under the Program for the Fiscal Year: $34,048,023

8. Total Number of Families Served under the Program with MOE funds: 4,391 This last figure represents (check one):

__x__ The average monthly total for the fiscal year

_____ The total served over the fiscal year

9. Financial Eligibility Criteria for Receiving MOE-funded Program Benefits or Services: Children removed from their parental homes are considered to have no financial resources

10. Prior Program Authorization: Was this program authorized and allowable under prior law? (check one)

Yes _____ No __x___

11. Total Program Expenditures in FY 1995: $0

(NOTE: provide only if response on question 10 is No)