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The OFA PeerTA Archive captures historical information from the peerta.acf.hhs.gov website for reference and record-keeping purposes. The PeerTA site contains information posted within the past three years. You can search for any prior information below.

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How do States handle the issue of criminal background checks for TANF clients? Should the State notify employers sponsoring work activities about clients who have a criminal record? Please provide State contacts if possible.

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Which state or sub-state areas have TANF and child support enforcement joined forces to prioritize TANF cases nearing their TANF time limits for IV-D services, i.e. order establishment and enforcement? If so, how did they approach it, and how is it going?

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The U.S. Administration for Children and Families (ACF), with support from the Welfare Peer Technical Assistance Network, sponsored the Uniting Incarcerated Parents and their Families workshop on May 21-22, 2002, in Orlando, FL . Participants…

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The Welfare Peer Technical Assistance Network, with the CalWORKs/Child Welfare Partnership Project, hosted a Roundtable entitled Establishing Linkages Between TANF and Child Welfare Programs May 31, 2002 in Sacramento, CA. This Roundtable was…

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This project examined 25 local homeless assistance systems and the success of a strategy for creating a functioning Continuum of Care for the homeless.

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This report describes the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Family, Welfare Peer Technical Assistance Network meeting, Strengthening Communities Through Charitable Choice Connections. The workshop, jointly sponsored…

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This paper summarizes findings from MAXIMUS studies about the awareness and use of the EITC among welfare recipients, leavers, and applicants. The findings are based on surveys conducted in five states: California, Illinois, New Mexico, North…

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This article, based on research from the Center for Law and Social Policy, summarizes how teen parents are doing since the welfare reform of 1996. Overall, the results show that teen parents on welfare are undercounted, untracked, oversanctioned…

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A Region IX TANF program is asking if States are using video administrative hearings. (It appears that they are considering centralizing the hearing process via state video conference centers.) If you are aware of this practice in a state or local jurisdiction, can you please provide a contact name and phone number.

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What strategies have states/localities used to partner with community-based organizations serving victims of domestic violence?

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