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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.

Question / Response(s)

A representative from the Tennessee Department of Human Services would like to know how other States deal with the situation if a parent misses a work activity due to child sickness? While the agency grants the parent a good cause exception not to attend an activity if the child is sick, it still impacts the work participation rate. This is especially true when there is an virus/bacteria outbreak in a Day Care Facility.

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A representative from the Tennessee Department of Human Services would like to have information on the sanction policy that other states use for participants who do not participate according to the regulations. Several clients are sanctioned for non-compliance, comply for the required period, then become non-compliant again, and this cycle continues. Do other states have limits on the number of times that a client can be sanctioned, then comply, within a time period?

Report

Prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, this resource, authored by Mathematica Policy Research, explores aspects of voucher use between the CCDF and TANF programs. Authors address why indirect funding is…

Report

At the request of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, Peer TA sponsored this event to assist participants in improving job retention among TANF participants who have relocated to new areas. The Roundtable’s intent was to address systems…

Agenda

The National Governors Association sponsored a meeting in November 2007 on promising practices and evidence-based approaches to help families attain employment, advance to better jobs, and sustain self-sufficiency. This webpage provides an…

Question / Response(s)

A representative from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development would like to hear from States who would be willing to share best practices to achieve TANF participation rate?

Question / Response(s)

A representative from the Nevada Division of Welfare and Supportive Services would like to know what other states conducted research comparing career services offered to TANF clients and staff education/training?

Research-To-Practice Brief

This brief from Child Trends reviews characteristics for replicating effective practices for enhancing service delivery. Program replication is often crucial to implementing the most appropriate services for special populations. The key for…

Report

This report is from the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Evaluation Project, which is funded by the Administration for Children and Families and the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation within the U.S. Department of Health and Human…

Webinar / Webcast

This Webcast was sponsored by the National Governors’ Association and the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA). Researchers present finds from a national study of state TANF directors on the changes implemented as a result of the…

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