A representative from the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services/Family Support would like to learn about screening and assessment tools used by other States that comply with 45 CFR 261.11(a)?

A representative from the Community Partnership would like to know what types of training sessions, seminars, or classes States recommend to improve communication and cooperation between agencies that each address different aspects of a grant-funded welfare-to-work program?

A representative from the Community Partnership would like to know if anyone can recommend any training sessions or classes that would benefit the coordinator of a program designed to eliminate barriers to employment, so as to enable clients to leave sanctioned status?

A representative from Employment Connection would like to know which States are currently operating their TANF program with the policy of "Immediate Engagement"?

A representative from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services would like to hear from States that issue cash benefits via a payment card (TANF, State Disability Assistance, Refugee Cash, Work Allowance, etc).

A representative from the Montgomery Couty Department of Health and Human Services would like to know if anyone utilize a staff support model which focuses on debriefing with staff to deal with daily stress and burnout and in extreme cases, a secondary trauma model?

A representative from the New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services, Division of Family Assistance would like to know if States count online courses, distance learning or other remote computer-based learning for participation hours for TANF clients in either the Vocational Education Training or Education Directly Related to Employment Activity? If so, how do States verify/supervise hours?

A representative from the Tennessee Department of Human Services would like to know how other States deal with the situation if a parent misses a work activity due to child sickness? While the agency grants the parent a good cause exception not to attend an activity if the child is sick, it still impacts the work participation rate. This is especially true when there is an virus/bacteria outbreak in a Day Care Facility.

A representative from the Tennessee Department of Human Services would like to have information on the sanction policy that other states use for participants who do not participate according to the regulations. Several clients are sanctioned for non-compliance, comply for the required period, then become non-compliant again, and this cycle continues. Do other states have limits on the number of times that a client can be sanctioned, then comply, within a time period?

A representative from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development would like to hear from States who would be willing to share best practices to achieve TANF participation rate?