{"description":"Documents matching 'security income temporary assistance needy'","count":770,"total_pages":39,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=security+income+temporary+assistance+needy&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Federal Financial Participation in State Assistance Expenditures; Federal Matching Shares for Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and Aid to Needy Aged, Blind, or Disabled Persons for October 1, 2026, Through September 30, 2027","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP), Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (eFMAP), and disaster-recovery FMAP adjustments for fiscal year 2027 have been calculated pursuant to the Social Security Act (the Act). These percentages will be effective from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027. This notice announces the calculated FMAP rates, in accordance with the Act, that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will use in determining the amount of Federal matching for state medical assistance (Medicaid), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Contingency Funds, Child Support collections, Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund, Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance payments, Adoption Assistance payments and Kinship Guardianship Assistance payments, and the eFMAP rates for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) expenditures. Table 1 gives figures for each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. This notice reminds states of adjustments available for states meeting requirements for disproportionate employer pension or insurance fund contributions and adjustments for disaster recovery. At this time, no state qualifies for such adjustments, and territories are not eligible.","document_number":"2025-21332","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/28/2025-21332/federal-financial-participation-in-state-assistance-expenditures-federal-matching-shares-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-28/pdf/2025-21332.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21332.pdf?1764164713","publication_date":"2025-11-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"Medical <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> Percentages (FMAP), Enhanced Federal Medical <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> Percentages (eFMAP), and disaster-recovery FMAP adjustments for fiscal year 2027 have been calculated pursuant to the Social <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Act (the Act). These percentages will be effective from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027. This notice announces the calculated FMAP rates, in accordance with the Act, that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will use in determining the amount of Federal matching for state medical <span class=\"match\">assistance</span> (Medicaid), <span class=\"match\">Temporary</span> Assistance"},{"title":"Proposed Information Collection Activity; Annual Report on Households Assisted by the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Office of Community Services (OCS), Division of Energy Assistance, is requesting to reinstate the Annual Report on Households Assisted by the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) (LIHEAP Household Report; Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #: 0970-0060). The current OMB expiration date is March 31, 2026. Submission of the completed report is one requirement for LIHEAP grant recipients applying for federal LIHEAP block grant funds; the next report is due September 2026. OCS proposes changes to reduce the number of items requested and, therefore, related administrative and reporting burden.","document_number":"2026-06804","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/09/2026-06804/proposed-information-collection-activity-annual-report-on-households-assisted-by-the-low-income-home","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-09/pdf/2026-06804.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06804.pdf?1775652309","publication_date":"2026-04-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Administration for Children and Families","name":"Children and Families Administration","id":49,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/children-and-families-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/49","parent_id":221,"slug":"children-and-families-administration"}],"excerpts":"grant recipients use categorical eligibility to determine LIHEAP household eligibility. LIHEAP categorical eligibility makes a household automatically <span class=\"match\">income</span>-eligible for energy <span class=\"match\">assistance</span> if \n any \n member receives benefits from programs like <span class=\"match\">Temporary</span> <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> for <span class=\"match\">Needy</span> Families, Supplemental Nutrition <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> Program, or Supplemental <span class=\"match\">Security</span> <span class=\"match\">Income</span>, bypassing the typical <span class=\"match\">income</span> test, though <span class=\"match\">income</span> is still used to set benefit amounts. This simplifies and reduces the burden on households. Based on past average data, those 25 states make up about"},{"title":"Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Annual Report on Households Assisted by the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Office of Community Services (OCS), Division of Energy Assistance, is requesting to reinstate the Annual Report on Households Assisted by the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) (LIHEAP Household Report; Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #: 0970-0060). The current OMB expiration date is March 31, 2026. Submission of the completed report is one requirement for LIHEAP grant recipients applying for federal LIHEAP block grant funds; the next report is due September 2026. OCS proposes changes to reduce the number of items requested and, therefore, related administrative and reporting burden.","document_number":"2026-11834","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/12/2026-11834/submission-for-office-of-management-and-budget-review-annual-report-on-households-assisted-by-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-12/pdf/2026-11834.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11834.pdf?1781181914","publication_date":"2026-06-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Administration for Children and Families","name":"Children and Families Administration","id":49,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/children-and-families-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/49","parent_id":221,"slug":"children-and-families-administration"}],"excerpts":"grant recipients use categorical eligibility to determine LIHEAP household eligibility. LIHEAP categorical eligibility makes a household automatically <span class=\"match\">income</span>-eligible for energy <span class=\"match\">assistance</span> if \n any \n member receives benefits from programs like <span class=\"match\">Temporary</span> <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> for <span class=\"match\">Needy</span> Families, Supplemental Nutrition <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> Program, or Supplemental <span class=\"match\">Security</span> <span class=\"match\">Income</span>, bypassing the typical <span class=\"match\">income</span> test, though <span class=\"match\">income</span> is still used to set benefit amounts. This simplifies and reduces the burden on households. Based on past average data, those 25 states make up about"},{"title":"Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Work Outcomes Measures","type":"Rule","abstract":"This interim final rule modifies ACF regulations in order to implement the statutory changes enacted by section 304 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (FRA) related to the reporting of work outcomes under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. ACF is promulgating this rule as an interim final rule to ensure states and territories have sufficient time to comply with data collection for fiscal year 2025.","document_number":"2024-13865","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/06/28/2024-13865/temporary-assistance-for-needy-families-work-outcomes-measures","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-06-28/pdf/2024-13865.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-13865.pdf?1719492315","publication_date":"2024-06-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Administration for Children and Families","name":"Children and Families Administration","id":49,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/children-and-families-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/49","parent_id":221,"slug":"children-and-families-administration"}],"excerpts":"we are defining “exit” as a \n family \n having not received TANF <span class=\"match\">assistance</span> for at least 90 days. We are using “family” in the definition to account for the cases where, for example, due to sanction, the state removes the needs of the work-eligible individual from the <span class=\"match\">assistance</span> payment while continuing to provide <span class=\"match\">assistance</span> to the family. In other words, a work-eligible individual will be included as an exiter in these measures only when their \n family \n ceases to receive <span class=\"match\">assistance</span>, and will not meet the definition of an exiter when the needs of"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is making updates to an existing system of records maintained by the Office of Family Assistance (OFA) within HHS' Administration for Children and Families (ACF), System No. 09-80-0375, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Data. The system of records contains data about TANF clients received from TANF grantee agencies in the states, territories, and Tribal organizations, as well as verification information obtained from those agencies, other HHS records, or other government agencies or entities engaged to assist ACF with program integrity reviews or projects.","document_number":"2026-12514","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/23/2026-12514/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-23/pdf/2026-12514.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12514.pdf?1782132308","publication_date":"2026-06-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Administration for Children and Families","name":"Children and Families Administration","id":49,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/children-and-families-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/49","parent_id":221,"slug":"children-and-families-administration"}],"excerpts":"Data Division, Office of Family <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span>, Administration for Children and Families, 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201, or \n tanfdata@acf.hhs.gov; \n or may be submitted by telephone to John Talieri, Senior Official for Privacy, at (202) 969-3581.\n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n \n I. Background \n \n The Office of Family <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> (OFA) oversees the cash welfare block grant called the <span class=\"match\">Temporary</span> <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> for <span class=\"match\">Needy</span> Families (TANF) program. The TANF program provides <span class=\"match\">assistance</span> and work opportunities to <span class=\"match\">needy</span> families through grants that provide"},{"title":"Reducing Bureaucracy and Burden for Family Assistance Programs","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Administration for Children and Families proposes to amend the Grants to States for Public Assistance Programs regulations, the General Administration--State Plans and Grant Appeals regulations, the General Administration--Public Assistance Programs regulations, the Training and Use of Subprofessionals and Volunteers regulations, the Coverage and Conditions of Eligibility in Financial Assistance Programs regulations, the Financial Assistance to Individuals regulations, the Administration of Financial Assistance Programs regulations, the Fiscal Administration of Financial Assistance Programs regulations, the General Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Provisions regulations, the Ensuring That Recipients Work regulations, the Accountability Provisions--General regulations, the Expenditures of State and Federal TANF Funds regulations, the Other Accountability Provisions regulations, the Data Collection and Reporting Requirements regulations, the High Performance Bonus Awards regulations, the Implementation of Section 403(a)(2) of the Social Security Act Bonus to Reward Decrease in Illegitimacy Ratio regulations, the Methodology for Determining Whether an Increase in a State or Territory's Child Poverty Rate Is the Result of the TANF Program regulations, the Tribal TANF Provisions regulations, and The Native Employment Works (NEW) Program regulations to eliminate unnecessary or obsolete regulations. The docket on https://www.regulations.gov will include a plain language summary of the NPRM.","document_number":"2026-10401","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/26/2026-10401/reducing-bureaucracy-and-burden-for-family-assistance-programs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-26/pdf/2026-10401.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10401.pdf?1779453916","publication_date":"2026-05-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Administration for Children and Families","name":"Children and Families Administration","id":49,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/children-and-families-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/49","parent_id":221,"slug":"children-and-families-administration"}],"excerpts":"Public <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> Programs regulations, the General Administration—State Plans and Grant Appeals regulations, the General Administration—Public <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> Programs regulations, the Training and Use of Subprofessionals and Volunteers regulations, the Coverage and Conditions of Eligibility in Financial <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> Programs regulations, the Financial <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> to Individuals regulations, the Administration of Financial <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> Programs regulations, the Fiscal Administration of Financial <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> Programs regulations, the General <span class=\"match\">Temporary</span> Assistance"},{"title":"Federal Financial Participation in State Assistance Expenditures; Federal Matching Shares for Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and Aid to Needy Aged, Blind, or Disabled Persons for October 1, 2025, Through September 30, 2026","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP), Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (eFMAP), and disaster-recovery FMAP adjustments for fiscal year 2026 have been calculated pursuant to the Social Security Act (the Act). These percentages will be effective from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This notice announces the calculated FMAP rates, in accordance with the Act, that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will use in determining the amount of Federal matching for state medical assistance (Medicaid), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Contingency Funds, Child Support collections, Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund, Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance payments, Adoption Assistance payments and Kinship Guardianship Assistance payments, and the eFMAP rates for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) expenditures. Table 1 gives figures for each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. This notice reminds states of adjustments available for states meeting requirements for disproportionate employer pension or insurance fund contributions and adjustments for disaster recovery. Based on the criteria for a qualifying state, one state meets the requirements for an adjustment for disaster recovery.","document_number":"2024-27910","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/29/2024-27910/federal-financial-participation-in-state-assistance-expenditures-federal-matching-shares-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-29/pdf/2024-27910.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27910.pdf?1732715128","publication_date":"2024-11-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"Medical <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> Percentages (FMAP), Enhanced Federal Medical <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> Percentages (eFMAP), and disaster-recovery FMAP adjustments for fiscal year 2026 have been calculated pursuant to the Social <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Act (the Act). These percentages will be effective from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This notice announces the calculated FMAP rates, in accordance with the Act, that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will use in determining the amount of Federal matching for state medical <span class=\"match\">assistance</span> (Medicaid), <span class=\"match\">Temporary</span> Assistance"},{"title":"Work Participation Rate Calculation Changes: Recalibration of the Caseload Reduction Credit and Prohibition of Small Checks in Work Participation Rate Calculation","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"ACF proposes to make changes to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program regulations to reset the base year of the caseload reduction credit from fiscal year (FY) 2005 to the new year established by Congress, which is currently FY 2015, and to exclude from the TANF work participation rate calculations certain cases that receive assistance payments benefits of less than $35 for a month. These changes are required by the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) of 2023. The docket on https://www.regulations.gov will include a plain language summary of the NPRM as required by 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(4).","document_number":"2026-06632","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/06/2026-06632/work-participation-rate-calculation-changes-recalibration-of-the-caseload-reduction-credit-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-06/pdf/2026-06632.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06632.pdf?1775220315","publication_date":"2026-04-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Administration for Children and Families","name":"Children and Families Administration","id":49,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/children-and-families-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/49","parent_id":221,"slug":"children-and-families-administration"}],"excerpts":"these proposed changes. \n \n States use federal TANF funds to provide cash <span class=\"match\">assistance</span> to low-<span class=\"match\">income</span> families, as well as to provide a wide range of services (\n e.g., \n work-related activities, child care, and refundable tax credits) designed to accomplish the program's four broad purposes. These statutory purposes are to:\n \n 1. Provide <span class=\"match\">assistance</span> to <span class=\"match\">needy</span> families so that children can be cared for in their own homes or in the homes of relatives \n 2. End the dependence of <span class=\"match\">needy</span> parents on government benefits by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage"},{"title":"Strengthening Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) as a Safety Net and Work Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"ACF proposes to amend the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program regulations to strengthen the safety net and reduce administrative burden. This NPRM encompasses a package of reforms to ensure TANF programs are designed and funds are used in accordance with the statute. In addition, the package includes provisions that are more technical in nature and are designed to reduce administrative burden and increase program effectiveness.","document_number":"2023-21169","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/02/2023-21169/strengthening-temporary-assistance-for-needy-families-tanf-as-a-safety-net-and-work-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-10-02/pdf/2023-21169.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-21169.pdf?1696018586","publication_date":"2023-10-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Administration for Children and Families","name":"Children and Families Administration","id":49,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/children-and-families-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/49","parent_id":221,"slug":"children-and-families-administration"}],"excerpts":"specifies that expenditures under TANF purpose one may only be made for “<span class=\"match\">needy</span>” families and TANF purpose two may only be made for “<span class=\"match\">needy</span>” parents. Generally, MOE must also be spent for “<span class=\"match\">needy</span> families.” Accordingly, the term “<span class=\"match\">needy</span>” is crucial in determining allowable TANF expenditures under the first two purposes of TANF and expenditures countable toward state MOE requirements. Current regulations do not define the term “<span class=\"match\">needy</span>”, which means there is presently no federally specified <span class=\"match\">income</span> limit for use of TANF funds under TANF purposes one and two as well"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Income and Eligibility Verification System (IEVS) Confidentiality Information Collection Request","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed extension for the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled, \"Income and Eligibility Verification System (IEVS) Confidentiality information collection request.\" This comment request is part of continuing Departmental efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).","document_number":"2025-10865","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/16/2025-10865/agency-information-collection-activities-comment-request-income-and-eligibility-verification-system","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-16/pdf/2025-10865.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-10865.pdf?1749818712","publication_date":"2025-06-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employment and Training Administration","name":"Employment and Training Administration","id":133,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employment-and-training-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/133","parent_id":271,"slug":"employment-and-training-administration"}],"excerpts":"requirements can be properly assessed. \n The Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 (DEFRA) established an <span class=\"match\">Income</span> and Eligibility Verification System (IEVS) for the exchange of information for specific programs administered by state agencies. The programs include <span class=\"match\">Temporary</span> <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> for <span class=\"match\">Needy</span> Families, Medicaid, Food Stamps, Supplemental <span class=\"match\">Security</span> <span class=\"match\">Income</span>, Unemployment Compensation, and any state program approved under Titles I, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Act. Under the DEFRA, participating programs must exchange information to the extent that it is"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is modifying a system of records maintained by the Office of Family Assistance (OFA) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 09-80-0375 OFA Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Data System. The modification will add Tribal TANF records from a separate system of records, 09-80-0373 OFA Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Tribal TANF), which is now being rescinded; and will change the name of the system of records 09-80-0375 to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Data.","document_number":"2024-07823","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/12/2024-07823/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-12/pdf/2024-07823.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07823.pdf?1712839528","publication_date":"2024-04-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Administration for Children and Families","name":"Children and Families Administration","id":49,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/children-and-families-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/49","parent_id":221,"slug":"children-and-families-administration"}],"excerpts":"modifying a system of records maintained by the Office of Family <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> (OFA) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 09-80-0375 OFA <span class=\"match\">Temporary</span> <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> for <span class=\"match\">Needy</span> Families (TANF) Data System. The modification will add Tribal TANF records from a separate system of records, 09-80-0373 OFA Tribal <span class=\"match\">Temporary</span> <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> for <span class=\"match\">Needy</span> Families (Tribal TANF), which is now being rescinded; and will change the name of the system of records 09-80-0375 to <span class=\"match\">Temporary</span> <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> for <span class=\"match\">Needy</span> Families (TANF) Data. \n \n \n DATES: \n In accordance with 5 U"},{"title":"Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Annual Report on Children in Foster Homes and Children in Families Receiving Payments in Excess of the Poverty Income Level From a State Program Funded Under Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act (OMB #: 0970-0004)","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Office of Family Assistance (OFA), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a three-year extension of the form ACF-4125: Annual Report on Children in Foster Homes and Children in Families Receiving Payment in Excess of the Poverty Income Level from a State Program Funded Under Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act (OMB #: 0970-0004, expiration 6/30/2024). There are no changes requested to the form.","document_number":"2024-12339","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/06/05/2024-12339/submission-for-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-review-annual-report-on-children-in-foster-homes","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-06-05/pdf/2024-12339.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-12339.pdf?1717505123","publication_date":"2024-06-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Administration for Children and Families","name":"Children and Families Administration","id":49,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/children-and-families-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/49","parent_id":221,"slug":"children-and-families-administration"}],"excerpts":"families receiving <span class=\"match\">assistance</span> payments in excess of the current poverty <span class=\"match\">income</span> level for a family of four. The information gathered is to be passed on to the Secretary of Education for purposes of allocating grants authorized under this law. The statute requires that the formula to allocate these grants and distribute funds be based, in part, on October caseload data on the number of children in foster care or in families receiving payments from state programs funded under Title IV-a of the Social <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Act [<span class=\"match\">Temporary</span> <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> for <span class=\"match\">Needy</span> Families (TANF)]"},{"title":"Request for Information: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Implementation of Sections 302 and 304 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), invites public comments on the possibilities for design and implementation of the new pilot program and work outcomes measures of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (FRA), in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. The FRA requires HHS to carry out a pilot program for up to five states to promote accountability by measuring employment and earnings outcomes as well as additional indicators of family stability and well-being for TANF recipients. In addition, it requires all states to report the information necessary to calculate certain statutory work outcomes measures. ACF seeks input from partners to help understand some of the options, opportunities, and potential challenges associated with the development and implementation of the pilot program and the reporting of new statutory work outcomes measures applicable to all states.","document_number":"2023-26100","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/27/2023-26100/request-for-information-temporary-assistance-for-needy-families-tanf-implementation-of-sections-302","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-27/pdf/2023-26100.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-26100.pdf?1700669877","publication_date":"2023-11-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Administration for Children and Families","name":"Children and Families Administration","id":49,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/children-and-families-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/49","parent_id":221,"slug":"children-and-families-administration"}],"excerpts":"and Families (ACF), in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), invites public comments on the possibilities for design and implementation of the new pilot program and work outcomes measures of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (FRA), in the <span class=\"match\">Temporary</span> <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> for <span class=\"match\">Needy</span> Families (TANF) program. The FRA requires HHS to carry out a pilot program for up to five states to promote accountability by measuring employment and earnings outcomes as well as additional indicators of family stability and well-being for TANF recipients. In"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Multifamily Housing, is issuing public notice of its intent to modify system of records for the Tenant Rental Assistance Certification System (TRACS). TRACS supports HUD's multifamily housing rental assistance programs by managing information about rental assistance contracts, tenants and property owners. The system is used to process housing subsidy payments, track contract funding amounts, and ensure that rental assistance payments are calculated and issued accurately. The modification makes clarifying changes to the System Manager and Routine Uses. The updates are explained in the \"Supplementary Section\" of this notice. This notice supersedes the previously published SORN.","document_number":"2026-07999","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/24/2026-07999/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-24/pdf/2026-07999.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07999.pdf?1776948314","publication_date":"2026-04-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT","name":"Housing and Urban Development Department","id":228,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/housing-and-urban-development-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/228","parent_id":null,"slug":"housing-and-urban-development-department"}],"excerpts":"families which also participate in a HUD rental <span class=\"match\">assistance</span> program. \n \n (9) To any Federal, State, or local agency (\n e.g., \n State agencies administering the State's unemployment compensation laws, <span class=\"match\">Temporary</span> <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> to <span class=\"match\">Needy</span> Families, or Supplemental Nutrition <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> Program agencies, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and U.S. Social <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Administration): To verify the accuracy and completeness of the data provided, to verify eligibility or continued eligibility in HUD's rental <span class=\"match\">assistance</span> programs, to identify and recover improper"},{"title":"Expand the Definition of a Public Assistance Household","type":"Rule","abstract":"We are finalizing our proposed rule to expand the definition of a public assistance (PA) household for purposes of our programs, particularly the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, to include the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as an additional means-tested public income-maintenance (PIM) program. We are also revising the definition of a PA household from a household in which every member receives some kind of PIM payment to a household that has both an SSI applicant or recipient, and at least one other household member who receives one or more of the listed PIM payments (the any other definition). If determined to be living in a PA household, inside in-kind support and maintenance (ISM) would no longer need to be developed. The final rule will decrease the number of SSI applicants and recipients charged with ISM from others within their household. In addition, we expect this rule to decrease the amount of income we would deem to SSI applicants and recipients because we will no longer deem as income from ineligible spouses and parents who live in the same household: the value of the SNAP benefits that they receive; any income that was counted or excluded in figuring the amount of that payment; or any income that was used to determine the amount of SNAP benefits to someone else. These policy changes reduce administrative burden for low-income households and SSA.","document_number":"2024-08364","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/19/2024-08364/expand-the-definition-of-a-public-assistance-household","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-19/pdf/2024-08364.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08364.pdf?1713444344","publication_date":"2024-04-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Social Security Administration","name":"Social Security Administration","id":470,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/social-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/470","parent_id":null,"slug":"social-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"premise that the <span class=\"match\">income</span> used to demonstrate eligibility for a PIM program and the PIM payment itself are required for that individual's own needs.\n \n \n \n 16 \n  See 20 CFR 416.1142(a).\n \n \n \n \n 17 \n  See 20 CFR 416.1161(a)(2) and (3).\n \n \n Prior Policy \n We previously defined a PA household as one in which every member receives a PIM payment under at least one of the following: \n 1. Title IV-A of the Social <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Act (<span class=\"match\">Temporary</span> <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> for <span class=\"match\">Needy</span> Families or TANF); \n 2. Title XVI of the Social <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Act (Supplemental <span class=\"match\">Security</span> <span class=\"match\">Income</span> or SSI); \n"},{"title":"Proposed Information Collection Activity; Annual Report on Children in Foster Homes and Children in Families Receiving Payments in Excess of the Poverty Income Level From a State Program Funded Under Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0004)","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Office of Family Assistance (OFA), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a three-year extension of the form ACF-4125: Annual Report on Children in Foster Homes and Children in Families Receiving Payment in Excess of the Poverty Income Level from a State Program Funded Under Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0004, expiration 6/30/2024). There are no changes requested to the form.","document_number":"2024-05713","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/18/2024-05713/proposed-information-collection-activity-annual-report-on-children-in-foster-homes-and-children-in","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-18/pdf/2024-05713.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-05713.pdf?1710506731","publication_date":"2024-03-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Administration for Children and Families","name":"Children and Families Administration","id":49,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/children-and-families-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/49","parent_id":221,"slug":"children-and-families-administration"}],"excerpts":"families receiving <span class=\"match\">assistance</span> payments in excess of the current poverty <span class=\"match\">income</span> level for a family of four. The information gathered is to be passed on to the Secretary of Education for purposes of allocating grants authorized under this law. The statute requires that the formula to allocate these grants and distribute funds be based, in part, on October caseload data on the number of children in foster care or in families receiving payments from state programs funded under Title IV-a of the Social <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Act [<span class=\"match\">Temporary</span> <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> for <span class=\"match\">Needy</span> Families (TANF)]"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with subsection (e)(12) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), ACF Tech, is providing notice of a re-established matching program between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and State Public Assistance Agencies (SPAAs) participating in the Public Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS) Program. The matching program provides the SPAAs with VA's compensation and pension data on a periodic basis to use in determining public assistance applicants' and recipients' eligibility for certain public assistance benefits. ACF Tech facilitates the matching program, and the Department of Treasury, Bureau of Fiscal Services, Do Not Pay (DNP) conducts the matches of SPAA and VA data and provides associated support.","document_number":"2025-19630","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/22/2025-19630/privacy-act-of-1974-matching-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-22/pdf/2025-19630.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19630.pdf?1761050706","publication_date":"2025-10-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Administration for Children and Families","name":"Children and Families Administration","id":49,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/children-and-families-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/49","parent_id":221,"slug":"children-and-families-administration"}],"excerpts":"Public <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> Agencies (SPAAs) are non-Federal agencies. \n Authority for Conducting the Matching Program \n Sections 402(a), 1137, and 1903(r) of the Social <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Act (42 U.S.C. secs. 602(a), 1320b-7, and 1396b(r)). \n Purpose(s) \n The matching program will provide participating SPAAs with VA's compensation and pension data on a periodic basis to use in determining public <span class=\"match\">assistance</span> applicants' and recipients' eligibility for benefits under the Medicaid, <span class=\"match\">Temporary</span> <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> for <span class=\"match\">Needy</span> Families (TANF), Supplemental Nutrition <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> Program"},{"title":"Federal Financial Participation in State Assistance Expenditures; Federal Matching Shares for Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and Aid to Needy Aged, Blind, or Disabled Persons for October 1, 2024, Through September 30, 2025","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP), Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (eFMAP), and disaster-recovery FMAP adjustments for fiscal year 2025 have been calculated pursuant to the Social Security Act (the Act). These percentages will be effective from October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025. This notice announces the calculated FMAP rates, in accordance with the Act, that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will use in determining the amount of Federal matching for state medical assistance (Medicaid), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Contingency Funds, Child Support collections, Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund, Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance payments, Adoption Assistance payments and Kinship Guardianship Assistance payments, and the eFMAP rates for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) expenditures. Table 1 gives figures for each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. This notice reminds states of adjustments available for states meeting requirements for disproportionate employer pension or insurance fund contributions and adjustments for disaster recovery. At this time, no state qualifies for such adjustments, and territories are not eligible.","document_number":"2023-25636","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/21/2023-25636/federal-financial-participation-in-state-assistance-expenditures-federal-matching-shares-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-21/pdf/2023-25636.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-25636.pdf?1700487938","publication_date":"2023-11-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"Medical <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> Percentages (FMAP), Enhanced Federal Medical <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> Percentages (eFMAP), and disaster-recovery FMAP adjustments for fiscal year 2025 have been calculated pursuant to the Social <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Act (the Act). These percentages will be effective from October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025. This notice announces the calculated FMAP rates, in accordance with the Act, that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will use in determining the amount of Federal matching for state medical <span class=\"match\">assistance</span> (Medicaid), <span class=\"match\">Temporary</span> Assistance"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Reporting of Lottery and Gambling, and Resource Verification","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection. This is a revision of a currently approved collection and existing burden in use in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This information collection captures the burden associated with the requirement that States make ineligible SNAP participants with substantial lottery or gambling winnings and establish cooperative agreements with gaming entities within their States to identify SNAP participants with substantial winnings. Individuals and households are required to report substantial winnings.","document_number":"2025-11051","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/16/2025-11051/agency-information-collection-activities-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-reporting-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-16/pdf/2025-11051.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11051.pdf?1749818732","publication_date":"2025-06-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Nutrition Service","name":"Food and Nutrition Service","id":200,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-nutrition-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/200","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-and-nutrition-service"}],"excerpts":"resource information that appears to be questionable, in accordance with 7 CFR 273.2(f)(2)(i). \n \n Individuals or households are considered categorically eligible for \n \n SNAP if each member receives certain cash <span class=\"match\">assistance</span> benefits, including Supplemental <span class=\"match\">Security</span> <span class=\"match\">Income</span> (SSI) and <span class=\"match\">Temporary</span> <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> for <span class=\"match\">Needy</span> Families (TANF) <span class=\"match\">assistance</span>. States also have the option to implement broad-based categorical eligibility policies to deem recipients of non-cash or in-kind TANF benefits or services to be categorically eligible for SNAP. Out of 53 SNAP State"},{"title":"Designation of Databases to the Do Not Pay Working System","type":"Notice","abstract":null,"document_number":"2026-06959","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/10/2026-06959/designation-of-databases-to-the-do-not-pay-working-system","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-10/pdf/2026-06959.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06959.pdf?1775738714","publication_date":"2026-04-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"}],"excerpts":"utilities), or supplement the individual's <span class=\"match\">income</span> to permit the purchase of such necessities. \n See \n POMS GN 03313.001.C.1.d and GN 03314.001.A.4. Examples of <span class=\"match\">income</span> maintenance programs include subsidized housing, Supplemental Nutritional <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> Program (SNAP), <span class=\"match\">Temporary</span> <span class=\"match\">Assistance</span> for <span class=\"match\">Needy</span> Families (TANF), services under Title XX of the Social <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Act, fuel subsidies, unemployment insurance compensation, and government pension programs. \n See \n POMS GN 03314.001.A.4. Loan programs are \n not \n <span class=\"match\">income</span> maintenance programs for disclosure purposes"}]}