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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.

Toolkit

Authored by the Office of Community Services, Compassion Capital Fund (CCF), this guidebook is aimed at better equipping nonprofit organizations with the knowledge and information needed to identify, validate, and promote effective practices that…

Research-To-Practice Brief

The Working Poor Families Project released a policy brief that outlines ways that states can encourage two-generation strategies within programs to continue to help adults achieve economic success while maintaining strong, stable families. The brief…

Policy Announcement / Memoranda

The Departments of Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services released a joint letter that encourages local school systems across the United States to partner with American Job Centers, human service agencies, and the private sector to…

Conference Paper

Welfare is often touted as the area where rigorous social science research has been most sustained and has had the clearest impact on policy. Roundtable panelists will reflect on the history of this research, discussing questions including: Why…

Question / Response(s)

A representative from Workforce Solutions Alamo would like to know about States’ promising practices to engage the exempt TANF population in employment programs.

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The Peer TA Network would like to know if any State had court cases or administrative hearings on civil rights issues in relation to sanctioning TANF participants?

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Are any States operating their TANF program out of two separate State agencies?

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A representative from the California Health and Human Services would like to know how Administrative Law Judges are interpreting the word "fugitive" when trying to determine whether an applicant is eligible for TANF benefits?

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The Peer TA Network would like to know if any States conducted a needs assessment or needs standard study over the past few years? Where can these findings being accessed?

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The Peer TA Network would like to know which States pay recipients' benefits using Direct Deposit (not EBT), rather than sending a check in the mail?