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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.

Incidence and Failure to Appear at Scheduled In-Person Interviews

Question / Response(s)
North Dakota is interested in learning if there are any studies showing success in reducing the incidence of TANF and/or public assistance applicants who fail to appear at their scheduled in-person interviews.

Question from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services

Question / Response(s)
A representative from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services is interested in learning how other states utilize third-party MOE, specifically: what MOE do they use (other than Pre-K), how do they set up the third-party MOE, and do they use Boys and Girls Clubs of America for MOE and if so, please describe that agreement and process.

Encouraging Trust from Participants

Question / Response(s)
A question was asked by a State representative at a recent OFA Regional Workshop: How do you encourage trust from participants to communicate freely on barriers such as substance use in order to best meet their needs? What promising methods do you use to endear that trust?

Question from Idaho Department of Health and Welfare

Question / Response(s)
Idaho is interested in hearing from states who have used TANF funds for relative placement for the first 60 days of a child coming into Foster Care.

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).

Hawaii Department of Human Services

Question / Response(s)
A representative from Hawaii would like to know if there any other State TANF programs that offer services or have partnerships that assist/support Runaway Youth or Unaccompanied Youth. If yes, what are the allowable ways to fund these efforts and how have the States met TANF requirements and what types of services are they providing these youth?

Question from Wisconsin Department of Children and Families

Question / Response(s)

A representative from the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families would like to know the best practices that states use to monitor their TANF performance contracts. What types of tools do states use to monitor contracts, and do they monitor overall data or conduct detailed reviews of caseloads?

Hawaii TANF/WIOA

Question / Response(s)

A representative from Hawaii has two operational/logistical questions regarding TANF/WIOA:

1. How are other States addressing the requirement for an MOU with the one-stop delivery system that includes an agreement on funding costs of the services and the operating costs of the system(§678.500 (b)(2)? For HI, any agreement that includes a financial commitment requires a contract, and not an MOU.

2. How are other States addressing the placement of staff who are part of a collective bargaining unit in one-stop locations that are not operated by the State government, in particular those run by nonprofits? What are the issues, and how have they been addressed?

Question from Tuolumne Me-Wuk Tribal TANF Program

Question / Response(s)

A representative from the Tuolumne Me-Wuk Tribal TANF program is interested in trainings or ideas for training new Tribal TANF Case Managers on how to use the information from intake assessments in building a Family Self-Sufficiency Plan.

Question from Alabama Department of Human Resources

Question / Response(s)

A representative from the Alabama Department of Human Resources would like to know if any peers have resources or materials on motivational interviewing skills.

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