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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 about NRSTs for Teen Pregnancy Programs

Question / Response(s)

A representative of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity is interested in learning if any states are using non-recurrent short-term benefits (NRST) in Teen Pregnancy Programs.

A Question about Using TANF Funds to Pay for Child Care when the TANF Recipient is Attending School Remotely during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Question / Response(s)

A State TANF program is interested in determining if any States are using TANF funds to pay for child care for youth receiving TANF benefits who are attending school remotely due to COVID-19.

Question on Teen Parent Residential Programs

Question / Response(s)
A representative from the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families would like to know if there is a state directory that lists contacts for teen parent residential programs (also known as Second Chance Homes or Maternity Homes) across the U.S. for TANF recipients, and if so, how to locate such a directory.

Question on the "Benefit Cliff"

Question / Response(s)
A representative of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services is interested in finding out if any states have successfully implemented programs or other initiatives to help individuals with the "benefit cliff" (i.e., when an individual loses TANF or other benefits due to increase in earnings)—maybe with matching programs, payment points for continued employment, etc.

Mobility Mentoring

Question / Response(s)
A representative from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is interested in learning what states and counties are currently implementing or have in the past implemented Mobility Mentoring.

Question from Pennsylvania Department of Human Services

Question / Response(s)
A representative from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services is looking for program information from states that utilize a single vendor approach to TANF E&T programs, i.e., what is the process, how are your clients best served, what issues have you run into, how does it affect your state's WPR (if that data is available).

Transportation Programs

Question / Response(s)

A representative from Rainbow Services, a domestic violence agency in Southern California, is interested in learning about transportation programs available to help support participants. Can anyone share about innovative transportation programs in their area?

Question from Oregon DHS

Question / Response(s)
A representative from The Oregon Department of Human Services would like to know if there is a way to maximize or leverage federal match from (SNAP, TANF or Title XIX) for staff training purposes? Are there websites or resources that others can suggest? Thank you for any assistance!

Question from PeerTA

Question / Response(s)
On behalf of a representative from OFA's Region I-IV, PeerTA would like to learn how States balance the demands of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (i.e., number of enrollments) and other programs (TANF, SNAP, etc.)?

Question from PeerTA

Question / Response(s)
On behalf of a representative from OFA's Region I-IV, PeerTA would like to know how States use federally-funded programs to meet family needs that they cannot address within an agency (e.g. specific co-enrollment type strategies)?

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