This Annie E. Casey Foundation resource highlights the positive outcomes associated with extended foster care for young people transitioning to adulthood. The evidence shows that allowing youth to remain in care past age 18 can improve educational attainment, employment outcomes, and housing stability. For TANF programs serving youth transitioning from foster care, this resource offers insights into how extended supports and cross-system coordination can help promote long-term economic mobility and stability.

Professionals supporting children and families involved in child welfare can benefit from the services and tools offered by AdoptUSKids. This resource highlights how agencies and community partners can use their training, recruitment strategies, and technical assistance to strengthen permanency efforts for children and youth. TANF programs working alongside child welfare partners may find these services helpful for understanding how family recruitment, adoption support, and permanency planning intersect with broader family stability and economic support goals.

This factsheet overviews the Executive Order by the Trump-Vance administration to create the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, which will advise the President and coordinate government-wide efforts to combat widespread fraud, waste, and abuse in Federal benefit programs.

This Executive Order by the Trump-Vance administration announces that they will use all available resources and authorities to fight fraud, close loopholes, enforce eligibility rules, and protect benefits for eligible Americans, while ensuring States administering Federal benefits programs do the same.

Coordinating services across multiple public benefit programs can significantly improve how families access supports and navigate human services systems. This toolkit, funded by the Administration for Children and Families, was designed to help state and local agencies better align programs and services to support whole families.

The resource provides practical tools and structured guidance for identifying coordination challenges, developing shared goals across agencies, implementing cross-program strategies, and tracking progress over time. By helping agencies move away from siloed service delivery and toward integrated approaches, the toolkit aims to reduce administrative barriers, improve the experiences families have when seeking multiple benefits, and strengthen outcomes for children and parents. For TANF programs, these strategies can support stronger coordination with programs such as workforce services, SNAP, childcare, and child welfare — helping families access the full range of supports needed to achieve long-term stability and economic mobility.

TANF agencies are doing important work — but navigating program integrity can be complex, and opportunities to learn from peers are hard to come by. That is why the Office of Family Assistance is launching TANF Program Integrity Office Hours: a series of topical peer learning sessions where state agencies can share what's working, explore real challenges, and walk away with practical strategies they can use.

Although the live information session has concluded, you can still view the recording and register at any time between now and the final office hours in August 2026. Below are the titles of the four upcoming sessions; dates will be added as they are confirmed.

1. Leveraging Cross-Agency Data to Strengthen Program Integrity – May 7, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. ET
2. Structuring Provider Contracts for Accountability and Reporting – June 2026 – Exact date/time to be determined
3. Building State Capacity for TANF Spending Oversight – July 2026 – Exact date/time to be determined
4. Using Data to Inform TANF Program Decisions – August 2026 – Exact date/time to be determined

If you are interested in learning more, submit your email on the PI office hours webpage and receive invitations to the upcoming office hours. 

Separation between parents can create significant challenges for children, fathers, and families, especially when factors such as incarceration, employment demands, or child welfare involvement disrupt family relationships. The Institute for Research on Poverty will host a webinar on March 11, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. ET to explore research and practical strategies for helping fathers maintain or rebuild connections with their children during and after periods of separation. For TANF programs, the discussion may highlight opportunities to strengthen father engagement, support healthy co-parenting relationships, and connect noncustodial parents with services that promote family stability and child well-being.

A new brief from Child Trends examines how workforce and career programs can better support young people with foster care experience as they transition to employment and adulthood. Its roadmap format highlights flexible, individualized approaches to career services and the importance of supportive relationships and targeted workforce supports – insights that may help TANF programs strengthen partnerships serving young parents and youth transitioning from foster care.

The U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services hosted a webinar on March 18, 2026 to provide an overview of common immigration documents used in the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) process.

The Department of Labor and the Federal Trade Commission will host a webinar on March 11, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. ET to highlight strategies job seekers can use to recognize and avoid employment-related scams and identity theft. TANF programs supporting participants in job search activities may find these tips useful for helping individuals navigate online job platforms safely and protect personal information during the employment process.