Grantees, the approximate range of CCDBG Recovery Act Funds in FY2009 is: $22,000 to $3.6 million; the average is approximately $158,000. For the four Territories, the range of CCDBG Recovery Act Funds in FY2009 is approximately $1.8 million to $4 million; the average grant is approximately $2.5 million (These figures do not include other FY2009 CCDF funds received through CCDF Mandatory and Matching Funds (93.575) and CCDF Discretionary Funds (93.596). These funds were not available in Fiscal Year 2008. One-fourth of 1 percent of these supplemental CCDBG funds are reserved to provide technical assistance to Grantees via contracts. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Fiscal Year 2008: These funds were not available in Fiscal Year 2008, therefore, there are no accomplishments to report during that period. Fiscal Year 2009: In April 2009, ACF awarded FY 2009 CCDBG Funds under the Recovery Act to 316 Grantees. Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: These funds are subject to the Child Care and Development Fund regulations at 45 CFR Parts 98 and 99. Regional or Local Office: See Regional Agency Offices. Persons are encouraged to communicate with the Child Care Bureau Regional Program Managers (RPM). Contact information for the RPMs is available at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb/ta/raaddr/program_managers.htm. Headquarters Office: Child Care Bureau, Office of Family Assistance 901 D Street SW, Aerospace Building, 5th Floor East, Washington, District of Columbia 20047 Phone: (202) 690-6782 Fax: (202) 690-5600. Website Address: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb RELATED PROGRAMS: 93.558 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; 93.575 Child Care and Development Block Grant; 93.596 Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Fiscal Year 2008: These funds were not available in Fiscal Year 2008, therefore, no projects (grants) were funded. Fiscal Year 2009: CCDBG Recovery Act Funds are awarded to States via a block grant, which, through their appointed Lead Agencies, make many of the decisions about priorities, policies, and expenditures in achieving goals related to improved family access to quality child care. States are required to commit at least four percent of their aggregate CCDF Funds, including CCDBG Recovery Act Funds, to activities such as consumer education, resource and referral services, provider training, and caregiver recruitment designed to improve child care availability and quality. In addition to the four percent minimum quality expenditures, the Recovery Act requires that $255,186,000 shall be reserved by the States for quality improvement activities authorized under section 658G of the CCDBG Act, of which $93,587,000 shall be for activities that improve the quality of infant and toddler care. Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Not Applicable. 93.714 ARRA EMERGENCY CONTINGENCY FUND FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) STATE PROGRAM TANF Emergency Fund, Recovery Act FEDERAL AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services AUTHORIZATION: TANF Emergency Fund, Recovery Act, Title IV, Part A, Section 2101, Public Law 111-5, 42 U.S.C 603(c). OBJECTIVES: This funding will provide economic stimulus to the nation while furthering the ACF mission to promote the economic and social well being of children, youth, families, and communities. The objective of the program is to provide up to $5 billion for jurisdictions (States, Territories, and Tribes) in fiscal year (FY) 2009 and FY 2010 that have an increase in assistance caseloads and/or certain types of expenditures. This Emergency Fund is in addition to the TANF Contingency Fund in section 403(b) of the Act that currently gives money to qualifying States (but not Territories or Tribes) during an economic downturn. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Emergency Fund grants are Federal TANF funds. Jurisdictions must use these funds in accordance with section 404 of the Act. This does not include authority to transfer emergency funds to either the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) or the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) because that transfer authority is limited to grants made under section 403(a) of the Act. Emergency funds are available until expended. Jurisdictions may carry over emergency funds for use in a succeeding fiscal year as authorized under section 404(e) of the Act. Section 403(c)(5) of the Act imposes a cumulative cap on the amount of emergency funding that a jurisdiction can receive for the two-year period. The capped amount consists of the cumulative combined grants from the existing Contingency Fund (section 403(b)) and the Emergency Fund (section 403(c)) and the total of the two cannot exceed 50 percent of the jurisdictions annual Federal TANF family assistance grant. The same financial and programmatic rules pertaining to the appropriate use of the jurisdictions Federal TANF block grant funds also apply when using the emergency funds. This also means that all TANF requirements, including work participation requirements and time limits, apply to families receiving assistance with emergency funds exactly as they do to families receiving other Federal TANF-funded assistance. See above. Applicant Eligibility: None. Beneficiary Eligibility: None. Credentials/Documentation: Federal funds go to the State, Territory, or Tribal TANF agencies. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87. Preapplication Coordination: Each jurisdiction must request these funds for each quarter that they are eligible by having an increase in assistance caseloads or certain types of expenditures. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Application Procedures: This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. Each jurisdiction may request these funds for each quarter that they are eligible by having an increase in assistance caseloads or certain types of expenditures. Information necessary to apply for emergency funds may be submitted electronically or manually. The chief executive officer of the jurisdiction or his/her designee must submit the request for emergency funds. Award Procedure: If a request for emergency funds has been approved by HHS, funds will be distributed quarterly. Deadlines: Sep 01, 2010 Requests can be submitted any time in fiscal year 2009 and fiscal year 2010, and a jurisdiction may submit requests for funds for a particular quarter as early as one month before the beginning of the quarter. All requests must be awarded by September 30, 2010. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Review and evaluation of applications is a priority and we will act upon them within an as soon as possible timeframe. Appeals: Jurisdictions facing an adverse action by the Secretary of HHS may appeal under both administrative and judicial procedures. Renewals: Each jurisdiction may request these funds for each quarter that it is eligible by having an increase in assistance caseloads or certain types of expenditures. Formula and Matching Requirements: This program has no statutory formula. This program has no matching requirements. This program does not have MOE requirements. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Jurisdictions are awarded their emergency fund grants in quarterly payments. They may reserve grant moneys, without fiscal year limitation. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: quarterly. Reports: Program reports are not applicable. Cash reports are not applicable. Progress reports are not applicable. Jurisdictions have to submit information on caseloads and expenditures. Funded grantees must submit reports as required by Section 1512 of the Recovery Act. Performance monitoring is not applicable. Audits: In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. Audits shall be conducted by the Inspector General and the jurisdictions under Chapter 75 of Title 31, United States Code. Records: Jurisdictions must maintain records containing information the Secretary may require by regulation. Information submitted in support of a request for Emergency Funds will be tested for reliability and accuracy. Accordingly, jurisdictions are expected, as required by the federal regulations at 45 CFR 92.20 and 45 CFR 92.42, to maintain pertinent documentation related to caseload and expenditure data used to support the request for funds, be able to link the information to the relevant reporting and accounting system, and make such information available in a clear and understandable form that can be validated by an auditor. Account Identification: 75-1523-0-1-506 TAFS: 75-0910-1523. Obligations: (Formula Grants) FY 08 $0; FY 09 est $1,475,000,000; FY 10 est $3,525,000,000 - Up to $5 billion is available in FY 2009 and 2010. The amount of funds obligated in FYs 2009 and 2010 will depend on the funding requested by eligible states. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: This is a new grant and the information is unknown at this time. Not Applicable. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Program rules for State programs can be found at 45 CFR Parts 260 through 265. Tribal rules can be found at 45 CFR Part 286. Guidance for the submittal of applications for the Emergency Fund, will be accomplished through issuance of a Policy Announcement and Program Instruction, including reporting forms approved under the Paperwork Reduction Act. Regional or Local Office: See Regional Agency Offices. Region I (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT): Mary Ann Higgins, Acting Regional Program Manager, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, Boston Regional Office, JFK Building, Rm. 2000, Boston, MA 02203. Telephone: (617) 565-1020. Region II (NJ, NY, PR, VI): Joanne Krudys, Regional Program Manager, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, New York Regional Office, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 4114, New York, NY 10278. Telephone: (212) 264-2890, ext. 127. Region III (DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV): Eileen Friedman, Regional Program Manager, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, Philadelphia Regional Office, 150 S. Independence Mall West, Suite 864, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-3499. Telephone: (215) 861-4058. Region IV (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN): Darrel McGhee, Regional Program Manager, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, Atlanta Regional Office, 61 Forsyth Street, Suite 4M60, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8909. Telephone: (404) 562-2936. Region V (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI): Steven Krasner, Regional Program Manager, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, Chicago Regional Office, 233 N. Michigan Ave. - Suite 400, Chicago, IL 60601. Telephone: (312) 353-3265. Region VI (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX): Larry Brendel, Regional Program Manager, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, Dallas Regional Office, 1301 Young Street, Room 945, Dallas, TX 75202. Telephone: (214) 767-6236. Region VII (IA, KS, MO, NE): Gary Allen, Regional Program Manager, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, Kansas City Regional Office, Rm. 276, 601 E 12 St., Kansas City, MO 64106. Telephone: (816) 426-2236. Region VIII (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY) Felicia Gaither, Regional Program Manager, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, Denver Regional Office, 1961 Stout Street, 9th Floor, Denver, CO 80294. Telephone: (303) 844-1483. Region IX (AZ, CA, GU, HI, NV): Dan Baker, Regional Program Manager, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, San Francisco Regional Office, 90 7th Street, Ninth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103. Telephone: (415) 437-8450. Region X (AK, ID, OR, WA): Frank Shields, Regional Program Manager, Administration for Children and Robert M. Shelbourne Office of the Director, Office of Family Assistance, http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/ 93.558 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; 93.594 Tribal Work Grants; 93.595 Welfare Reform Research, Evaluations and National Studies; 93.596 Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund; 93.667 Social Services Block Grant EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not Applicable. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Not Applicable. 93.715 RECOVERY ACT COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH - AHRQ Recovery Act Comparative Effectiveness Research - AHRQ FEDERAL AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services AUTHORIZATION: Social Security Act, Title XI, Part A, Public Law 74-271, 42 U.S.C 1301-1320; OBJECTIVES: To improve health outcomes by providing evidence to enhance medical decisions made by patients and their medical providers. This goal is pursued by generating research comparing different interventions and strategies to prevent, diagnose, treat and monitor health conditions. Funds are available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to support research and evaluations, demonstration projects, research networks and multidisciplinary centers, predoctoral and postdoctoral training opportunities, individual fellowships, and to disseminate rigorous evaluations of the impact of different options that are available for treating a given medical condition for a particular set of patients. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The research should contribute to the health services and clinical knowledge base in comparative effectiveness of different treatment and practices from which empirically based information can be derived by patients, providers, policymakers, and other stakeholders, both immediately and over the coming decades. Grant funds will be available in FYS 2009 and 2010 for costs necessary to carry out an approved project. Unallowable costs, as well as those for which prior written approval is required, are indicated in the HHS Grants Policy Statement. Grantees must comply with all Recovery Act reporting requirements. Additional details will be available following approval of the spend plan. Applicant Eligibility: None Beneficiary Eligibility: Credentials/Documentation: Nonprofit organizations must submit proof of their nonprofit status when applying for grants. Costs will be determined in accordance with HHS Regulations 45 CFR 74 or 45 CFR 92 as appropriate. OMB Circular No. A-87 applies to this program. Preapplication Coordination: Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Application Procedures: OMB Circular No. A-102 applies to this program. OMB Circular No. A-110 applies to this program. Applications must be submitted in response to a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). All FOAs are posted on www.Grants.gov. Refer to the FOA of interest for specific requirements regarding application procedures as AHRQ is in the process of transitioning to the new SF-424 Research and Related (R&R) grant application form and to electronic submission through www.Grants.gov for competing awards. For FOAS involving grant mechanisms that have not yet been transitioned to electronic submission through Grants.gov, nongovernmental applicants should submit using Form PHS-398 (Rev. November 2007; http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html); State and local governments may submit using the standard application forms, as furnished by PHS and required by 45 CFR 92. For State agencies, no State Plan is required. Applications are reviewed and evaluated by a group composed of primarily nonfederal scientists. The review is conducted by a panel of experts in the specific study area proposed. This program is subject to the provisions of 45 CFR 92 for State and local governments and OMB Circular A-110 for non-profit organizations. Award Procedure: Following review for scientific merit by a group composed primarily of nonfederal scientists, grant applications may be reviewed by the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality, after which AHRQ makes final decisions to support recommended applications. When such decisions are made, applicants are notified directly by AHRQ staff and all required steps are taken to issue the Notice of Award. Deadlines: Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: > 180 Days. Appeals: Not Applicable. Renewals: Not Applicable. Formula and Matching Requirements: This program has no statutory formula. Grants may be approved for project periods up to 4 years. Funds will be awarded for the total project in fiscal year 2009 or 2010. Costs budgeted beyond the initial 12 months of funding will be restricted pending satisfactory progress. After awards are issued, funds are released in accordance with the payment procedure established by the grantee institution with DHHS, which may be an Electronic Transfer System or a Monthly Cash Request System. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: lump sum. Reports: Grantees must submit quarterly reports in compliance with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Inventions are to be reported immediately. A terminal progress report must be submitted within 90 days after the end of the project. Grantees must submit quarterly SF272 reports to HHS' Program Support Center (PSC). Progress reports are required to be submitted to AHRQ on an annual basis and will be based on the PHS 2590 Non-Competing Continuation Progress Report. A Financial Status Report (SF269) must be submitted within 90 days after the end of each 12 month increment of time. Quarterly performance monitoring in accordance with the requirements of the Recovery Act. Audits: In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. In addition, grants and cooperative agreements are subject to inspection and audits by DHHS and other Federal government officials. Records: Records must be retained for at least three years; records shall be retained beyond the three year period if audit findings have not been resolved. Account Identification: 75-0910-1-7-010. Obligations: (Project Grants (Discretionary)) FY 08 $0; FY 09 est $1,000,000; FY 10 est $197,500,000 Range and Average of Financial Assistance: This is a new program. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Not Applicable. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; 42 CFR 67, Regulations for Health Services Research, Evaluation, Demonstration, and Dissemination Projects as amended by Public Law 106-129; HHS Grants Policy Statement. Regional or Local Office: None. Headquarters Office: Jean Slutsky Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland 20850 Email: Jean.Slutsky@AHRQ.HHS.gov Phone: (301) 427-1600 Website Address: http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov RELATED PROGRAMS: 93.225 National Research Service Awards_Health Services Research Training; 93.226 Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not Applicable. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: The proposals must first be reviewed by review groups and recommended for funding on the basis of scientific and technical merit. This includes consideration of the qualifications of the principal investigator and staff to conduct the research using appropriate methodology and budget. Applications may be reviewed for program relevance by the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality. Those recommended proposals which are most relevant to comparative effectiveness and promote the goals of the ARRA will be funded to the extent that funds are available. 93.716 ARRA TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS Supplemental Grants for Population Increases in Certain States, Recovery Act FEDERAL AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services AUTHORIZATION: Supplemental Grants for Population Increases in Certain States, Recovery Act, Title IV, Part A, Section 2102, Public Law 111-5, 42 U.S.C 603(a)(3). OBJECTIVES: These funds will help promote the economic and social well being of children, youth, families, and communities. The objective of the program is to provide supplemental TANF funds for States with exceptionally high population growth in the early 1990s, historic (1994) welfare grants per poor person lower than 35 percent of the national average, or a combination of above average population growth and below average historic welfare grants per poor person. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The Federal TANF Supplemental Grants are in addition to the States annual Federal TANF block fund. Thus, these funds are subject to the same uses and restrictions as the States annual Federal TANF block grant (see CFDA 93.558 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), and repeated below. Each State designs and operates its own TANF program, and establishes the specific eligibility criteria that must be met to receive financial assistance payments or other types of benefits and services. Each State has broad flexibility to use the grant funds in any manner that is reasonably calculated to accomplish a purpose of the TANF program (including providing low-income households with assistance in meeting home heating and cooling costs). The purposes of the TANF program are to assist needy families to care for their children in their own homes; reduce dependency of needy parents by promoting job preparation, work and marriage; prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies; and encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families. A State may also use the funds in ways that had been authorized and allowable under its former approved Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), and Emergency Assistance (EA) plans. A State may also transfer a limited portion of its Federal TANF funds to the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) and Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) Programs. No State may spend more than 15 percent of its Federal TANF funds on administrative costs, exclusive of certain computerization and information technology expenses. See above. Applicant Eligibility: None. Beneficiary Eligibility: Credentials/Documentation: Federal funds go to the State (the grantee). States decide the objective eligibility criteria and verification required to determine eligibility and payment of TANF benefits. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87. Preapplication Coordination: Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Application Procedures: This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. Award Procedure: Supplemental Grants, like the annual Federal TANF block grant, are awarded in quarterly payments. Deadlines: Not Applicable. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: States must provide opportunities for recipients who have been adversely Not Applicable. Formula and Matching Requirements: This program has no statutory formula. Matching Requirements: Percent: 75.%. The TANF program, which includes This program does not have MOE requirements. States are awarded Supplemental Grants in quarterly payments. Once awarded, the funds are available to the State until expended. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: No information provided. Reports: States receiving the TANF block grant and Supplemental Grants must submit quarterly data reports on families receiving assistance. States must also report expenditures of grant funds on a quarterly basis. Expenditure data related to Supplemental Grants will be reported in a separate category on the quarterly TANF expenditure report for FY 2010. Funded grantees must submit reports as required by Section 1512 of the Recovery Act. Cash reports are not applicable. Progress reports are not applicable. Expenditure reports are not applicable. Performance monitoring is not applicable. Audits: In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. The TANF program (including the additional TANF supplemental grants) is subject to the Single Audit Act under Chapter 75 of Title 31, United States Code. Records: States are subject to the uniform administrative requirements in 45 CFR Part 92. In particular, the regulations at 45 CFR 92.20 require that all grantees have a financial management system that can adequately trace expenditures to ensure that the funds have been used appropriately, and not in violation of any programmatic restrictions and prohibitions; and require that accounting records are supported by source documentation to support all expenditures. Also, the regulations at 45 CFR 92.42 and TANF Program Instruction TANF-ACF-PI-2003-1, dated January 28, 2003 (http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/policy/pi-ofa/2003/pi2003-1.PDF), address record retention and access requirements applicable to all financial and programmatic records, supporting documents, statistical records, and other records of grantees or subgrantees. Account Identification: 75-1558-0-1-506. Obligations: (Formula Grants) FY 08 $319,450,000; FY 09 est $319,450,000; FY 10 est $319,450,000 Range and Average of Financial Assistance: State Supplemental Grants are from $1,132,701 to $60,405,668. Fiscal Year 2008: Grants were authorized at $800 million over FY 1998 through FY 2001, and annual grants grew from $79 million in FY 1998 to $319 million in FY 2001. Congress froze supplemental funds at the $319 million annual level when it extended them for FY 2002 and subsequent years. The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-171), which extended most TANF grants through FY 2010, continued supplemental funds only through FY 2008. However, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, P.L. 110-275 extended supplemental funds through FY 2009. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 extends supplemental funding through FY 2010. The 17 States that qualify for supplemental funds are: Alabama ($11,093,254), Alaska ($6,887,803), Arizona ($23,924,877), Arkansas ($6,218,375), Colorado ($13,569,691), Florida ($60,405,668), Georgia ($37,283,228), Idaho ($3,498,046), Louisiana ($17,027,012), Mississippi ($9,035,674), Montana ($1,132,701), Nevada ($3,733,534), New Mexico ($6,553,104), North Carolina ($36,109,948), Tennessee ($21,565,141), Texas ($52,707,774), Utah ($8,704,396). Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Final Rule was originally published in the Federal Register on April 12, 1999 (Vol. 64. No. 69). The TANF final rule implementing the statutory changes pursuant to Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-171), which reauthorized the TANF program through FY 2010, were published in the Federal Register on February 5, 2008 (Vol. 73, No. 24). The TANF regulations applicable to State TANF Programs are found in 45 CFR Parts 260 through 265. Regional or Local Office: See Regional Agency Offices. Region I (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT): Mary Ann Higgins, Acting Regional Program Manager, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, Boston Regional Office, JFK Building, Rm. 2000, Boston, MA 02203. Telephone: (617) 565-1020. Region II (NJ, NY): Joanne Krudys, Regional Program Manager, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, New York Regional Office, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 4114, New York, NY 10278. Telephone: (212) 264-2890, ext. 127. Region III (DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV): Eileen Friedman, Regional Program Manager, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, Philadelphia Regional Office, 150 S. Independence Mall West, Suite 864, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-3499. Telephone: (215) 861-4058. Region IV (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN): Darrel McGhee, Regional Program Manager, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, Atlanta Regional Office, 61 Forsyth Street, Suite 4M60, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8909. Telephone: (404) 562-2936. Region V (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI): Steven Krasner, Regional Program Manager, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, Chicago Regional Office, 233 N. Michigan Ave. - Suite 400, Chicago, IL 60601. Telephone: (312) 353-3265. Region VI (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX): Larry Brendel, Regional Program Manager, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, Dallas Regional Office, 1301 Young Street, Room 945, Dallas, TX 75202. Telephone: (214) 767-6236. Region VII (IA, KS, MO, NE): Gary Allen, Regional Program Manager, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, Kansas City Regional Office, Rm. 276, 601 E 12 St., Kansas City, MO 64106. Telephone: (816) 426-2236. Region VIII (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY) Felicia Gaither, Regional Program Manager, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, Denver Regional Office, 1961 Stout Street, 9th Floor, Denver, CO 80294. Telephone: (303) 844-1483. Region IX (AZ, CA, HI, NV): Dan Baker, Regional Program Manager, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, San Francisco Regional Office, 90 7th Street, Ninth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103. Telephone: (415) 437-8450. Region X (AK, ID, OR, WA): Frank Shields, Regional Program Manager, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, Seattle Regional Office, 2201 Sixth Avenue, M/S 74, Seattle, WA 98121. Telephone (206) 615-2569. Headquarters Office: Robert M. Shelbourne Office of the Director, Office of Family Assistance, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services, 5th Floor East, Aerospace Building, 370 LEnfant Promenade, SW., |