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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.

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As part of their Rural Communities Initiative Technical Assistance Action Plan, the Montana team identified the prevalence of substance abuse challenges within their TANF caseload as among one of their chief concerns. The site was particularly…

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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?

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The Rural Communities Initiative conducted a Site Visit to the White Mountain Apache Tribal TANF Program based on their request for TA. Rural Communities Initiative staff partnered with consultants from the U.C. Davis Extension at the University…

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This is a presentation on motivational interviewing that was given by Alyssa Forcehimes, Ph.D. at the New Mexico Works 2009 Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Client motivation is the key to change in terms of addressing barriers to work such…

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As part of the Rural Communities Initiative and the Vermont site’s Individualized Technical Assistance Plan, Vermont decided to alter their TANF case management approach. Through a series of meetings, the team sketched out a new case management…

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The Peer TA Network would like to know if States triage participants to determine which assessments are needed for an individual that walks in the door?

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A representative from the Oregon Department of Human Services would like to know if States use client swipe card systems to track and record attending for TANF clients participating in employment, training, and other self-sufficiency activities? If no, why not? If yes:

  • How does the system and process works?
  • For what other purposes is the card being used (electronic benefit transfer for program benefits)?
  • How long has the system has been in place?
  • Was it developed in-house or by a vendor?
  • How was the system developed, implemented, and what was the timeline?
  • What are the benefits of the system (cost savings, reduced errors, workload impact, client and partner convenience)?
  • Were there implementation challenges and/or lessons learned?
  • Have there been any changes made since implementation
  • Are there any quality control procedures to check data?

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The Peer TA Network would like to know what States and Counties are doing to support eligibility and case management workers with high caseloads?

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The Peer TA Network would like to know how States and Counties deal with worker turnover for eligibility and case management staff?

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A representative from South Fulton Service Center would like to learn about some creative intake procedures from other states/cities related to their intake process.

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