A representative from Washington Social and Health Services would like to know what strategies States are using to partner with community organizations that provide free financial literacy services to TANF clients?

A representative from the Brigid Collins Family Support Center is seeking information to support a local project funded by a Children's Justice Act grant to design and implement a model to train multidisciplinary teams to improve identification, reporting, and investigation of child abuse with children with special health care needs.

A representative from the Washington Department of Social and Human Services would like to know if other States are undertaking review of non-compliant cases before these cases are put in sanction status? What are the outcomes of any evaluations on this matter?

A representative from the LA County CalWORKS program would like to know if other States have changed their regulations to deal with the federal mandated changes that took effect on 10/01/2006.

A representative from the District of Columbia Department of Human Services would like to know if any States have a database that centralizes all client information related to participation (i.e. time and attendance, case notes, etc), and is willing to share the solicitation used to acquire the system?

A representative from the Green Hills Community Action Agency would like to know if other rural Community Action Partnership workers deal with the daily check-in for job search activity clients that have transportation limitations, no phone, no email, and a one day a week caseworker in their location?

A representative from the Arkansas Division of Public Assistance would like to know what states currently, or plan to, consider TANF participants in a countable work activity if they are providing childcare for the child of another TANF participant engaged in unpaid work activities?

A representative from Washington State would like to know which cities/states are utilizing contracted Doctors to provide medical statements to screen participants into suitable employment when possible? Seattle, Washington is struggling with the types of medicals received from the client's own Doctors which tend to say the client is unable to perform any type of work.

In connection to the federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, our county is examining different ways to increase our work participation rate (WPR). It appears that all hours of participation must be documented in order to be claimed toward the WPR; the rule states that "A State must support each individual's hours of participation through documentation in the case file." Does your County recognize and count Online Education participation (e-learning) through accredited educational programs (i.e. University of Phoenix, Community College online coursework). If yes, how do you validate the participants' attendance in the activity? How do you determine if the participant is participating fully? Partially? Not at all?

Washington has not terminated any TANF recipients after 60 months, and understands that 18 other states also have not terminated anyone after they have reached the lifetime TANF limit. What other states have not terminated anybody after they have reached their lifetime TANF limit and how are they implementing this?