02 Tribal TANF Assistance Programs

FAA6.I Tribal Assistance Programs : 02 Tribal TANF Assistance Programs

(01/01/19 - 12/31/19)

See the Urgent Bulletin emailed 04/16/2020 regarding Tribal TANF Program Referrals.

The Personal Responsibility and Work Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) was signed into law on August 22, 1996. Section 412 of PRWORA allows tribal governments the opportunity to develop, establish and administer their own TANF programs. Tribes are given the authority to apply directly to the HHS in order to carry out this process.

The following Tribal TANF Programs are in effect in Arizona:

●Hopi Family Assistance Program (HFAP)

●Navajo Nation Department for Self Reliance (NNDSR)

●Pascua Yaqui YOEME (PY YOEME)

●Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community LEARN (SRP‑MIC LEARN)

●San Carlos Apache Nnee Bich' o Nii TANF (SC‑TANF)

●White Mountain Apache TANF (WMAT‑TANF)

WARNING

Tribal TANF participants may not receive duplicate assistance from the state CA Program or other Tribal TANF Programs.

Tribal TANF participants do not have a choice between state CA or a Tribal TANF program. When an applicant meets the criteria for a Tribal TANF program, the budgetary unit is referred to the Tribal TANF program.

Use the policy and procedures outlined to determine eligibility for participants who are potentially eligible for Tribal TANF programs.

NOTE Eligibility factors not listed in the specific Tribal TANF policy remain the same as state CA eligibility factors.

The following tribes do not currently have a Tribal TANF program in effect. Eligibility must be determined for these tribes using the state CA eligibility factors.

●Ak-Chin

●Cocopah

●Colorado River

●Fort McDowell Yavapai

●Fort Mojave

●Fort Yuma-Quechan

●Gila River

●Havasupai

●Hualapai

●Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians

●San Juan Southern Paiute

●Tohono O’odham

●Tonto Apache

●Yavapai Apache

●Yavapai-Prescott

●Zuni Pueblo

Determine eligibility for state CA when a budgetary unit does not meet the following Tribal TANF Program eligibility requirements:

●Tribal enrollment of specific individuals

●Resides in a Tribal TANF Service Delivery Area (SDA)

The CA-Change in Service Area (A753) notice advises the participant of a change to the household’s eligibility for Tribal TANF due to a change in SDA. Send the A753 in the following situations

●When a state CA case is transferred to the PY YOEME or HFAP Tribal TANF

●When a PY YOEME or HFAP Tribal TANF case is transferred to a state CA case

●When the household moves to a Tribal TANF SDA and the state CA case is being closed