Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) For purposes
of preparation of quarterly reports to the Federal Department of Health and
Human Services, social services districts must report monthly to the Office of
Temporary and Disability Assistance (the office) information on each family
receiving Federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) benefits,
including but not limited to the following:
(1) the county of residence of the
family;
(2) whether a child
receiving such assistance or an adult in the family is disabled;
(3) the ages of the members of the
families;
(4) the number of
individuals in the family and the relation of each family member to the head of
household in the family;
(5) the
employment status and earnings of the employed adult in the family;
(6) the marital status of the members of the
family, including whether such adults have never married, are widowed, or are
divorced;
(7) the race and
educational level of each adult in the family;
(8) the race and educational level of each
child in the family;
(9) whether
the family received subsidized housing, medical assistance under the State plan
approved under title XIX of the Social Security Act, Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits , or subsidized child care, and if the
latter two, the amount received;
(10) the number of months that the family has
received each type of assistance under the program;
(11) if the adults participated in and the
number of hours per week of participation in the following activities:
(i) education;
(ii) subsidized private sector
employment;
(iii) unsubsidized
employment;
(iv) subsidized public
sector employment, work experience, or community service;
(v) job search;
(vi) job skills training or on-the-job
training; and
(vii) vocational
education;
(12)
information required by the office to calculate work participation rates
mandated by section 407 of Public Law 104-193 (the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996) , as
amended by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 ( Public Law 109171 ) ;
(13) the type and amount of assistance
received under the public assistance program, including the amount of and
reason for any reduction of assistance (including sanctions);
(14) any amount of unearned income received
by any member of the family;
(15)
the citizenship of the members of the family; and
(16) for closed cases, whether the family
left the program, and if so, whether the family left due to:
(i) employment;
(ii) marriage;
(iii) 60-month limit on TANF funded
assistance;
(iv) sanction;
or
(v) State policy.
(b) Social services
districts must report monthly to the office information on families receiving
TANF benefits and information on families receiving assistance in the safety
net program who are required by federal law and regulation to be included in
the work participation rates mandated by section 407 of
Public Law
104-193 (the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996), as amended by the Deficit Reduction
Act of 2005 ( Public Law
109-171 ), including, but not limited, to the
following:
(1) the number of families
receiving assistance, including the number of two-parent and the number of
one-parent families receiving assistance; and
(2) the total dollar value of assistance
received by all families.
(c) The information required under this
section shall be collected and shall be reported using the Welfare Management
System, the Welfare to Work Caseload Management System , or other automated
systems or reporting forms as determined by the commissioner of the office.
Social services districts shall assist the office in collecting the information
in accordance with instructions from the office.
(d) Scientifically acceptable statistical
sampling methods may be used to collect the data required by this section when
authorized by the Federal Department of Health and Services or when the
commissioner of the office determines that collection of such data by any other
means is not practicable or would result in significant additional
costs.
