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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.

A descriptive study of tribal temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) programs

Report

This publication provides an in-depth, systematic description of program implementation, operations, outputs, and outcomes of four Tribal TANF programs (the Navajo Nation Program for Self Reliance, Tanana Chiefs Conference, Athabascan Self-…

Assessing and serving TANF recipients with disabilities

Report

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Connections between TANF and SSI: Lessons from the TANF/SSI Disability Transition Project

Report

This brief provides an overall summary of the lessons learned from the TANF-SSI Disability Transition Project. It brings together material spread across other documents in a concise format, and it also offers new insights from state-level data…

Examining the interaction between welfare and disability: Lessons from an in-depth data analysis

Report

This brief focuses on the analysis of merged national-level SSI data and TANF data from the 26 states that report to the Office of Family Assistance (OFA) on their full TANF caseload. It found, counter to popular narratives, that the overlap…

Understanding Supplemental Security Income (SSI): A guide for TANF staff members

Report

Many TANF staff are unfamiliar with the SSI Program but want to learn more. This brief describes the basic SSI disability determination process and compares and contrasts it with several procedures different TANF agencies use to identify…

Design options for an evaluation of TANF job search assistance

Report

Services to help people find work are a common element of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and other programs, but evidence on the effectiveness of different approaches is limited. This report presents options for designing a…

Welfare rules databook: State TANF policies as of July 2012

Dataset

The Welfare Rules Databook provides tables containing key Temporary Assistance for…

Coordination of Tribal TANF and child welfare services: Early implementation

Report

This report describes the first year of activities of the 14 tribes and tribal organizations who in 2011 received demonstration grants from the Office of Family Assistance (OFA) for Coordination of Tribal TANF and Child Welfare Services to Tribal…

Online Services for Key Low-Income Benefit Programs

Report

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities recently published their revised version of "Online Services for Key Low-Income Benefit Programs: What States Provide Online with Respect to SNAP, TANF, Child Care Assistance, Medicaid, CHIP, and General…

Student Achievement in Reading (STAR)

Toolkit

STAR is a training and technical assistance initiative of the Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Division of Adult Education and Literacy. It contains helpful research and information on adult literacy. One of…

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