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Page title graphic: CCD TANF/Welfare-to-Work Task Force

Mission

Co-chairs

  • Sharon McDonald
    National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH)
    202-638-1526 phone
    202-638-4664 fax
    smcdonald@naeh.org

  • Julie Ward
    United Cerebral Palsy (DPC)
    202-783-2229 phone
    202-783-8250 fax
    jward@ucp.org

  • Alexa Aggleston
    National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (NCCBH)
    202-684-7457 phone
    202-684-7472 fax
    alexa@thenationalcouncil.org

 

Update
The Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program was reauthorized as part of the Deficit Reduction Act in February. The legislation conveyed authority to HHS to clarify the activities that states could engage families in to meet their required work participation rate or face financial sanctions.

Activities

  • Sent recommendations to Secretary Leavitt on how the approved work activities could appropriately accommodate families that include a parent or a child with a disability in anticipation of the release of the regulations.
  • Coordinated activities with partners who submitted parallel recommendations, stressing the importance of accommodating families in which the parent has a mental health or substance abuse disorder in preserving families and preventing out-of-home placements of children.
  • Worked with Senator Jeffords and Senator Smith, co-sponsors of the Pathways to Independence legislation that would have provided greater accommodations for people with disabilities in the TANF program, who also submitted recommendations.
  • Met with HHS officials to express concerns over the impact of regulations on people with disabilities if appropriate accommodations are not provided.
Resources

Archive
Visit the Archive for past documents and information from the Task Force

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