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December 7, 2007
APHSA Leads Effort to Contest TANF Improper Payment Audits (.pdf)
June 29, 2005
TANF Extension Update:
The House of Representatives passed another 3-month TANF extension on Wednesday morning (June 29). A controversy about paying for some of the costs of the bill slowed down the extension to within a day of TANF's expiration. However, the House Committee on Ways and Means secured the agreement of the Energy and Commerce Committee to bear the costs of extending Transitional Medical Assistance (TMA) for families leaving welfare for work and for abstinence-only programs, since both of those programs are under the jurisdiction of Energy and Commerce. Additional costs for TMA and abstinence-only programs that go beyond the funds allocated to Energy and Commerce in the budget resolution will be offset by savings they find, either in the reconciliation bill or in other legislation. According to CQ Today, TMA costs $850 million annually, while abstinence-only programs cost $50 million a year. We do not yet know where the Energy and Commerce Committee will seek savings. They have jurisdiction over Medicaid and other programs, with a net savings target of $14.7 billion over 5 years that they are required to incorporate in a reconciliation bill by September 16. The Senate must also act on extending TANF. If enacted, this will be TANF's 10th short-term extension.
June 24, 2005
TANF Extension Introduced in the House - H.R. 3021 (.pdf)
This week, Chair of the House Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee, Representative Wally Herger (R-Calif.) introduced legislation (H.R. 3021) to extend the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families for a 3-month period. In addition to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, the legislation extends the authorization for the 10% transfer to SSBG, supplemental grants to states, the TANF contingency fund, the Child Care and Development Block Grant, Grants to the territories, and child welfare waiver authority through September 30, 2005. Unlike previous extensions, it does not include transitional medical assistance and abstinence education grants, which will be included in similar legislation to be addressed by the committee with jurisdiction over those programs, the Energy and Commerce Committee. The present short-term extension expires on June 30, 2005.
Kathryn Dyjak, Senior Legislative Associate (202) 682-0100 x237
American Public Human Services Association
810 First Street NE, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20002
March 17, 2005
TANF Reauthorization Legislation: APHSA provides comparison of present law to HR 240 and Senate Finance PRIDE Act. (.pdf)
