A representative from the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services would like to learn about creative ways to increase work participation rate among TANF clients?

A representative from the Philadelphia Workforce Development Corporation would like to know if the "fee for service" contracting model is being used by TANF fiscal agents in other states for their contracts. Philadelphia is re-structuring the contracts for their subcontractors that provide job readiness, placement and retention services to TANF recipients so that they are "fee for service."

A representative from the Cook Inlet Tribal Council would like to know if other States, counties, and Tribes have implemented policies and strategies to reduce the wait time between when a family applies and is determined eligible for TANF?

The Peer TA Network would like to know how TANF agencies engage eligible immigrant, refugee, and limited English proficient TANF populations for work activities? Do agencies have innovative programs to address these populations?

A representative from the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services would like to know some cost-effective ways that state agencies may implement to increase work participation rates with TANF participants?

Given the economic climate, have any States recently implemented new pilot programs or initiatives to assist TANF participants in finding employment?

A representative from the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families would like to know if any States allocate a separate pool of funds and link payout to the achievement of certain performance benchmarks? Wisconsin is considering implementing an incentive pool as part of its performance-based contract structure for welfare-to-work providers.

Are there any targeted funds available to coordinate local collaborations?

What are the steps to forming an effective CSE/WIA collaboration? A TANF/WIA collaboration?

A representative from the Iowa Department of Human Services would like to hear from States that use data systems that automatically search other systems and import relevant data into one location to determine program eligibility and enrollment. Currently, Iowa's eligibility staff have to manually search a variety of data systems in order to find information used to establish eligibility for applicants and enrollees (e.g. UIB, wage data, social security benefits, VA benefits, etc.). Other terms used for this type of functionality may be 'data mining' or 'data brokering'.