This article describes a community-engaged, mixed-methods research project to identify barriers to TANF among families with young children in Illinois which examined TANF sanctions related to child support enforcement. The study, which used TANF…

State and local leaders at Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) agencies have been increasingly focused on using administrative data from TANF and other agencies to better assess how well programs are working, inform policies and…

State and local leaders at TANF agencies have been increasingly focused on using administrative data from TANF and other state agencies to better assess how well programs are working, inform policies and practices, and improve the lives of…

The American Public Human Services Association has published a blog series entitled, The Core: A Cutting Edge Blog Series Getting to the Core of Modern TANF Reform. This series takes a detailed look at TANF and the ways in which TANF agencies,…

Video recordings of the plenary and concurrent breakout sessions are now available for the Virtual Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS) 2022, convened by the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation in the…

Most people working in human services accept that gathering and using family input improves direct service programs. However, this approach is still emerging and has a limited evidence base. Some human services programs already engage families in…

Millions of food and cash assistance customers rely on cash transfers each month to meet their family’s needs. Much of today’s benefits available to families are deposited directly onto Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards that are assigned to…

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) will host its Annual Tribal Consultation meeting in person and virtually on Monday, October 31, 2022. During the session, ACF leadership will speak with Tribal leaders and discuss issues…

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and the Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) are aware of increasing reports of benefit theft through Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card skimming schemes. These…

This letter from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to its colleagues states that losing a parent or caregiver has become an ongoing tragedy for children and youth caused by the co-occurring COVID-19 and drug overdose crises, as…