Nevada_Executive_Budget_2013-2015

HHS-WELFARE - TANF
101-3230
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) replaced the entitlement for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) with a Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant covering cash assistance, employment and training activities and other activities meeting the four goals of TANF:
1.Provide assistance to needy families so children may be cared for in their homes or in the homes of relatives.
2.End the dependence of needy parents on government benefits by promoting job preparation, work and marriage.
3.Prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of wedlock pregnancies.
4.Encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families.
Although significantly curtailed by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, PRWORA gave Nevada the flexibility to design its own self-sufficiency program to assist recipients in finding and
keeping jobs. The program uses elements such as capped funding, work requirements and time limits on program eligibility to limit long-term dependency.
There are currently three different types of TANF benefit programs offered to new applicants:
1.New Employees of Nevada (NEON)
2.Child Only for households containing no-work eligible individuals
3.Temporary Program (TEMP) providing short term assistance limited to an episode of need as a result of unforeseen circumstances, which includes a natural disaster such as a flood,
earthquake, etc.
There is also a small residual caseload of the previously offered TANF Loan Program which provides monthly benefits to a family anticipating a future lump sum payment.
TANF is federally funded through a block grant from the Department of Health and Human Services. The annual federal TANF block grant is $43.9 million and is anticipated to remain at
that level. Under the maintenance of effort (MOE) provision in the federal regulations, states are required to contribute money equal to 80 percent of the amount spent on Aid to Families with
Dependent Children (AFDC) and AFDC-related programs during fiscal year 1994. The 80 percent MOE can be reduced to 75 percent for each year the work participation rates are met. For
Nevada, the total TANF MOE is $27 million of which $24.6 million is in the TANF budget account. The remaining $2.5 million is spent in the Child Care budget (3267), which is counted as
MOE for both TANF and Child Care.
The TANF program mandates the state to participate in a Child Support Enforcement Program (CSEP) which is funded through Budget Accounts 3238 and 3239.
Statutory authority for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) budget account is provided in the Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 422A.
BASE
This request continues funding for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program.
2011-2012
ACTUAL
2012-2013
WORK
PROGRAM
2013-2014
AGENCY
REQUEST
2013-2014
GOVERNOR
RECOMMENDS
2014-2015
AGENCY
REQUEST
2014-2015
GOVERNOR
RECOMMENDS
RESOURCES:
APPROPRIATION CONTROL 25,721,787 24,705,242 24,607,702 24,607,702 24,607,702 24,607,702
FED TANF PROGRAM 20,901,655 23,953,842 22,069,179 22,069,179 22,069,179 22,069,179
TOTAL RESOURCES:
EXPENDITURES:
46,623,442 48,659,084 46,676,881 46,676,881 46,676,881 46,676,881
CASH ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS 41,929,413 43,439,668 41,929,413 41,929,413 41,929,413 41,929,413
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DHHS-DWSS - 29
DHHS - WELFARE AND SUPPORT SERVICES