The Office of Family Assistance (OFA) has posted the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) financial data tables, along with national and state pie charts.

• In FY 2024, combined federal TANF and state maintenance-of-effort (MOE) expenditures and transfers totaled $37.5 billion.
• 33 states used less than half of their TANF and MOE funds on the combination of basic assistance; work, education, and training activities; and childcare.
• By the end of FY 2024, states had a total of $8 billion in federal TANF unobligated balances. With the addition of federal unliquidated obligations, the amount of unspent federal TANF funds nationwide totaled $9.7 billion.

TANF agencies can review these resources for more information on how TANF and MOE funds were used in FY 2024.

The Office of Family Assistance’s TANF Outcomes Technical Assistance and Logistics (TOTAL) team delivers training and technical assistance to state TANF programs and partners responding to the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (FRA). The team hosted their January office hours on January 22, 2026 to review the Work Outcomes of TANF Exiters Report submission requirements and share observations from previous report submissions and learn from states’ experiences. This session included an introduction to the FRA Outcomes Working Groups and the sign-up process.

This checklist helps TANF agencies identify issues and prepare the Work Outcomes of TANF Exiters Report. The checklist is optional and does not need to be submitted, but using it is recommended to ensure an accurate report and a smooth submission process. If you have any questions or issues related to the report, please contact TANFData@acf.hhs.gov.

The Office of Family Assistance’s TANF Outcomes Technical Assistance and Logistics (TOTAL) team delivers training and technical assistance to state TANF programs and partners responding to the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (FRA). The team hosted their September office hours on September 25, 2025 to review steps to obtain administrative education data from state education agencies or state longitudinal data systems. This session included a presentation from states about their experiences and a group discussion what additional supports are needed to meet the FRA requirements.

This guide helps TANF leaders and staff understand the full spectrum of potential fraud risks relevant to programs funded with TANF funds. TANF leaders and staff can use it to:

• Build collective fraud risk knowledge across your agency;
• Understand whether risks are person-based, system-based, or hybrid;
• Apply the WHO-HOW-WHAT framework to assess fraud scenarios; or
• Review fraud prevention strategies that can help mitigate these risks. 

This framework helps TANF agency leaders understand and implement separation of duties—a critical fraud prevention control required by federal regulations. TANF agency leaders can use it to: 

• Understand why separation of duties matters for program integrity;
• Review the national context and real financial impact of fraud;
• See how to structure your organization with proper separation;
• Identify the four critical functions that must never be combined; or
• Learn key control points and adaptations for small agencies.

This resource outlines the Fiscal Responsibility Act Outcomes (FRA) Working Groups. These small virtual groups will meet several times in 2026 to explore FRA reporting topics and to share ideas and challenges. Two groups are currently planned: one on administering surveys and one on collecting administrative records. Additional groups may be added based on interest.

For those interested in signing up for one or both of these working groups, please fill out the interest form at the bottom of this resource.

On September 30, 2025, the Administration for Children and Families announced over $100 million in Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF) grants to 109 organizations across 38 states nationwide. This investment represents the Trump Administration’s commitment to fostering healthy marriages, stabilizing family structures, and helping fathers build better relationships and be more engaged parents — ultimately creating stronger families nationwide. 

HMRF grantees strengthen families nationwide through initiatives that promote responsible fatherhood, healthy marriages and relationships, and economic stability:

• FORGE Fatherhood (Family, Opportunity, Resilience, Grit, Engagement) grants provide comprehensive services that strengthen fathers’ parenting skills, foster positive father-child engagement, support healthy relationships, and improve economic stability—addressing the full spectrum of challenges fathers face.
• HEART (Helping Every Area of Relationships Thrive) grants support healthy marriage and relationship education, creating stronger foundations for children and families to thrive.
• READY4Life (Relationships, Education, Advancement, Development for Youth for Life) grants prepare young people ages 14-24—including expectant and parenting youth—with relationship skills, parenting knowledge, and financial education that lay the foundation for lifelong family stability and successful adulthood.

Kinship navigator programs offer information, referrals, and follow-up services to kin caregivers to link them to benefits and services that can support them and the children they raise. Some of these programs are over twenty-five years old and provide robust case management, concrete goods, and other supportive services for the families, while others may be limited to information and referral.

This Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network webpage offers a list of known kinship navigator programs, organized in alphabetical order by state and territory with tribes listed separately at the end. Each entry notes which families the program serves, in addition to providing basic service information and a website link.

The Family First Prevention Services Act enacted as part of Public Law 115 -123 amended Title IV-E to allow Title IV-E agencies the option to receive funding for evidence-based kinship navigator programs that meet certain criteria. Kinship navigator programs help relatives and kin caregivers learn about and access programs and services to meet their own needs and the needs of the children they are raising.

This Children Bureau’s resource outlines the requirements Title IV-E agencies must meet to apply to the Kinship Navigator Program.