Tribal TANF Assistance Programs
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.
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.
Use the Tribal TANF program policy and procedures to determine what actions must be taken for applicants living in a Tribal TANF program Service Delivery Area (SDA).
NOTE Eligibility factors not listed in the specific Tribal TANF policy remain the same as state CA eligibility factors.
The following Tribal TANF Programs are in effect in Arizona:
NOTE FAA determines eligibility for HFAP in AZTECS.
NOTE SRP-MIC LEARN staff determine eligibility for SRP-MIC members in AZTECS.
Eligibility for all of the following Tribal TANF Programs are determined outside of AZTECS:
●NNDSR
●PY Tribal TANF
●SC-TANF
●WMAT-TANF
When any of the following situations occur, send the CA-Change in Service Area (A753) notice advising the participant of a change to the household’s eligibility for Tribal TANF due to a change in SDA:
●A state CA case moves to a PY YOEME or HFAP Tribal TANF SDA
●The state CA case is closed due to the budgetary unit moving to one of the following Tribal TANF SDAs:
NNDSR
PY Tribal TANF
SRP-MIC LEARN
SCAT
WMAT-TANF
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
NOTE When the budgetary unit resides in a Tribal Native Employment Works (NEW) service delivery area, and at least one participant is an enrolled tribal member, see
Tribal NEW for FAA responsibilities and referral procedures. For TPEP, CA benefits are not placed on hold. To complete TPEP CA approval, see
TPEP Work Program Exemptions.
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 SDA