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Alabama's Family Assistance(FA) Program provides temporary financial assistance for needy families with children whose income must meet the eligibility thresholds. Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. As noted above, if a grantee has not expended all of its funds by that date, HHS will reallot any unused funds to other eligible states, territories, and tribes, which must expend the reallotted funds within 12 months of receipt, as specified in the legislation. We are revising financial reporting forms, the ACF-196R, ACF-196T, and ACF-196TR, to include a column for reporting PEAF expenditures so that grantees will not have to submit a separate form to report for this fund. 109 Capitol Street Application for Family Assistance (FA) Program can be filed in person at the Department of Human Resources in the county where you reside. A one-time payment to provide extra cash to all current TANF recipient families to assist them in dealing with added costs caused by the pandemic. In addition, we will use the information grantees report on these forms to determine the amount of funds remaining for reallotment. If a grantee does choose to offer a benefit without determining an individual episode of need, it would need to be clear that the NRST expenditure was related to the pandemic.
The Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) oversees the distribution of P-EBT with assistance from the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE). You may also fax, mail, or bring the signed application to your County DHR office for . Before you can complete the application online, you must first register for an account. Families already receiving the monthly maximum benefit will not receive the supplement. Welcome To ACF | The Administration for Children and Families This means that a grantee could offer the same or different NRSTs from the ones it offers under TANF, as long as they meet the requirements of the PEAF, including adhering to the requirement not to supplant current federal, state, tribal, territorial, or local expenditures. For the purposes of the Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund, NRST benefits mean cash payments or other benefits that meet the regulatory definition (45 CFR 260.31(b)(1)), but are limited to those that fall into the specific expenditure reporting category mentioned in the legislation (line 15 of the ACF-196R(PDF), the state financial reporting form for the TANF program). Alabama DHR Commissioner Nancy Buckner said, Alabama has successfully tackled childhood hunger throughout this pandemic thanks to the P-EBT program and an effective multi-agency partnership. The PEAF can be a powerful tool to give poor families a much-needed boost in the face of lost wages, limited work opportunities, or housing insecurity, to name just a few obstacles exacerbated by the pandemic. 92.5 percent of funds (equal to $923,150,000) will be distributed to states (including the District of Columbia), using a two-part formula, half based on child population and half based on fiscal year 2019 state expenditures on non-recurrent short term benefits, basic assistance and emergency assistance authorized solely under prior law. Listen. DHR has created a toll-free customer service hotline at 1-800-410-5827 for questions related to P-EBT. qb}'M tYp1$(PR/V40qD.bWs_G
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114 Corn Shop Lane. Given that the fund was created specifically to help address needs arising out of the pandemic, we have determined that NRST benefits that meet Purpose One (provide assistance to needy families so that children may be cared for in their own homes or in the homes of relatives) are in line with the PEAF and we do not think benefits meeting the other purposes are. There are several ways to apply for food assistance. Cash assistance for short-term basic needs to help families with mixed immigration status (e.g., citizen children with parents who are not eligible due to their immigration status) who are affected by the pandemic. Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, Flexibility for States With Increasing Workloads, USDA moderniza el PlanEconmico de AlimentosThrifty actualizaciones a los beneficios del SNAP, USDA Modernizes the Thrifty Food Plan, Updates SNAP Benefits. The American Rescue Plan Act, Public Law 117-2; section 403(c) of the Social Security Act. Option 4: Fax an application to (207) 778-8429. The limit is higher in Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam. IO XKR2.yJUQ5JH?rF2hK%]T$G%\GGMvi_cM#%?:Pd7TzFW Health and Human Services Alabama pays a maximum of $215 a month to a family of three one of the lowest TANF benefits in the nation. Augusta, Maine04333, Phone: (207) 287-3707 management shortterm nonrecurrent benefits as discussed in 45CFR 260.31, day care, transportation and other work and training services. Any such unallotted funds will be reallotted, as discussed below. For tribes, the same cap will apply to administrative costs in the PEAF that a tribe negotiated for administrative costs in its approved tribal TANF plan (or approved 477 plan for federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia that integrate TANF under P.L. All grantees are eligible for reallotted funds, unless they have unexpended funds at the end of the expenditure period. Learn more about the HOPE program. Low TANF cash benefits, which disproportionately affect the benefits available to Black children, are rooted in a long history of racist ideas and policies. lTg-f(*Tth4kr For example, if a grantee received its funds on May 15, 2021, it could use the PEAF funds to reimburse itself for allowable expenditures it made starting on April 1, 2021. Updated 6/30/2021 Phone: (207) 626-7058 Fax: (207) 621-8148 www.maineequaljustice.org $300/week does not "count" as income for SNAP and Mainecare. We have published tables showing the full allotment of each grantee and will include them as an appendix to this program instruction as well. Office for Family Independence This batch of benefits covers school meals missed from August through December 2020. Your completed application will be sent to the DHR office in the county where you live. Farmington, ME 04938. SNAP has continued to approve flexibilities under this authority. MONTGOMERY, Ala. Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) benefits will start rolling out this week to families with eligible school-age children who missed out on free or reduced-price school meals because of the pandemic. Department of A grantee has the flexibility to determine what needy means for each NRST and may wish to set a higher standard than it does for TANF cash assistance, such as aligning with SNAP or Medicaid income eligibility criteria. Grantees must use funds to supplement, and not supplant, other federal, state, tribal, territorial, or local funds. Select from the following list to see all of the COVID-19 waivers issued for your state from SNAP. endstream
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Benefits are good for up to a year, so SNAP recipients do not have to use the additional benefits immediately, Hornsby said. Option 3: E-mail an application to Farmington.DHHS@Maine.gov. 2023 SMG. President Biden's emergency relief plan includes $1 billion to help states deliver much-needed aid to families with the lowest incomes through state Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs which would mark an important step in the federal response to today's extraordinary hardship across America. Those benefits covered meals missed during the 2019-20 school year due to school closures. Before you can complete the application online, you must first register for an account. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. Start your application for Food Assistance. State, tribal, and territorial agencies administering the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program, and other eligible territories. Option 4: Fax an application to (207) 778-8429. Buy newspaper front pages, posters and more. If a grantee does choose to offer a benefit without determining an individual episode of need, it would need to be clear that the NRST expenditure was related to the pandemic. Programs & Services 11 State House Station Susan J. GolonkaActing DirectorOffice of Family Assistance. Under the law, states must inform HHS of its expenditure commitment within 45 days of the enactment of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, and tribes and territories within 90 days of enactment. The cards may take several weeks to arrive due to the volume of eligible children and shipping time frames. An Office of the Administration for Children & Families, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Native Americans (ANA), Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF), Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response (OHSEPR), Office of Legislative Affairs and Budget (OLAB), Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation (OPRE), Public Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS), About Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, About Health Profession Opportunity Grants. 2387 0 obj
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DHR distributed over $144 million in benefits to more than 460,000 children in Alabama during the first round of P-EBT this past year. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 (PL 116-159), extended a number of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) flexibilities approved under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. As of December 2019, some 711,384 Alabamians received food stamp benefits. The law exempts PEAF funds from the spending cap in section 1108 of the Social Security Act. The ASPIRE program helps TANF recipients move towards financial independence through case management, job training, education, support and employment services. This program is designed to raise the nutritional level of low income households. be designed to deal with a specific crisis situation or episode of need; not be intended to meet on-going needs; and, must only include expenditures such as emergency assistance and diversion payments, emergency housing and short-term homelessness assistance, emergency food aid, short-term utilities payments, burial assistance, clothing allowances, and back-to-school payments; and, In most cases under TANF, a NRST benefit addresses a specific episode of need, which means that the state or tribe has determined the specific need of that family; however, the regulation allows for NRSTs to address a specific crisis situation. As is evidenced by Congress creating the PEAF, the extraordinary nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and its sweeping economic impacts constitute a specific crisis situation allowing a grantee to offer a NRST benefit broadly to needy families who are financially and otherwise eligible. A payment for hotel rooms and meal delivery for people who need to quarantine away from their families. A community group for residents of Alabama to ask questions and share information about receiving benefits that are administered locally. We will distribute reallotted funds based on the original allotment formula. A beneficiary receiving less than their households size monthly maximum will now be bumped up to the higher level. 102-477). All grantees must use funds to supplement, and not supplant, other federal, state, tribal, territorial, or local funds. 2.TANF Emergency Assistance (Formerly AFDC-EA as provided by 45 CFR 233.120 with provision date of August 21, 1996): Assistance and services to or on h[{sW28i,7ZI{C 114 Corn Shop Lane This program provides services and work supports to parents receiving cash assistance to help them find and retain employment. Option 5: Visit one of our district offices and apply in person. Option 1: Apply online through My Maine Connection. An official website of the United States government. There is no application for P-EBT; ALSDE has provided DHR with the names of children who participate in the National School Lunch Program, which makes them eligible for P-EBT. Voucher payments, equal to up to three months of TANF benefits, are made available to families to help them with employment related expenses and avoid the need for TANF benefits. TANF Caseload Data 2021. If after September 30, 2022, a grantee has unspent funds from its initial award i.e., any unobligated funds or any unliquidated obligations the grantee will not be eligible to receive reallotted funds. The Family Assistance Division administers programs funded by the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant designed to provide benefits and services to needy families so children may be cared for in their own homes or in the homes of relatives. Transitional Transportation (TT) can help working families pay for transportation related expenses for a period of time. J5(T[QJTE MD . The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (USDA-FNS) administers the program at the federal level. . We remind grantees that the Income Eligibility Verification System (IEVS) does apply to the PEAF, as it is funded under Title IV-A; however tribes are not subject to the IEVS requirements. TANF provides cash assistance to families while they work towards becoming self-sufficient. Pandemic EBT Distribution Starts This Week for Families with Eligible School-Age Children June 8, 2021 Dominic Binkley MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) benefits will start rolling out this week to families with eligible school-age children who missed out on free or reduced-price school meals because of the pandemic. Nationwide Waiver to Allow Sponsors that Successfully Participated in the Summer Food Service Program in FY 2019 to Operate as Experienced Sponsors in FY 2021 Offered to All States 4/1/2021 Nationwide Waiver to Provide Flexibility for School Meal Programs Administrative Reviews of SFAs Operating Only the SSO in SY 2021-22 Now Public Law 117-2, it establishes the Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund (PEAF) in section 403(c) of the Social Security Act (the Act). An Office of the Administration for Children & Families, TANF-ACF-PI-2021-02 (The Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund), The PEAF provides funding to states (which includes the District of Columbia), tribes administering a TANF program, and five U.S. territories, Grantees may use funds to provide certain non-recurrent, short term (NRST) benefits, described in more detail below. Farmington, ME 04938, Option 3: E-mail an application to Farmington.DHHS@Maine.gov. A benefit to provide extra cash to replace lost wages to all families with children eligible to receive SNAP or other means-tested benefits who are affected by the pandemic. A benefit to cover burial expenses for needy families who have had a family member die from COVID-19. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Please direct inquiries to the TANF Program Manager in your region. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). For states (including the District of Columbia) and territories, the law provides a 15-percent cap on administrative expenditures. E*bb44.=Xz Additionally, they may use funds for administrative costs (up to a 15-percent cap for states and territories and up to the negotiated cap for tribes). Recipients should hold onto these cards because additional P-EBT benefits may be added in the future. In Alabama, that amount is $215 a month for a family of three. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Maximum benefits range from $194 for a single-person household to $1,164 for a household of eight people. The Family Assistance Division administers programs funded by the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant designed to provide benefits and services to needy families so children may be cared for in their own homes or in the homes of relatives. Emergency Assistance provides voucher payments for children and their families whom are threatened by destitution or homelessness due to an emergency situation. Some food stamp recipients in Alabama received extra funds this week amid the growing coronavirus crisis. For example, suppose a grantees full allotment were $2,876,380. 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While each grantee must decide whether or not it intends to use its full allotment, it is important to understand that if a grantee elects to receive an amount less than the full allotment, it will lose its claim to the remainder of that allotment. 7.5 percent of funds are set aside for Tribal TANF programs and all 5 U.S. territories, to be distributed in a manner deemed appropriate by the HHS Secretary. Assistance for families who are behind in rent or experiencing other housing insecurity due to the pandemic. The My Maine Connection portal also offers a prescreening tool that can help you find out if you may be eligible. The NRST benefits a grantee funds with PEAF need not be the same as the ones funded by TANF. Office for Family Independence. State Cash Benefit Decisions Have Disparate Impacts, Especially for Black Children. View guidance as of January 2022. A grantee will not need to amend its TANF plan to provide NRSTs with the PEAF. If a grantee does not submit a request for an allotment or submits one after the due date, the grantee will lose any claim to the allotment. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. Additionally, they. The amount of the shelter deduction is capped at (or limited to) $624 unless one person in the household is elderly or disabled. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Under Alabamas Work First approach, most adult recipients of cash assistance are required to participate in TANF employment program (JOBS) for up to 40 hours a week, unless otherwise exempt. Alabama food stamp recipients can now buy food online through Amazon. If the grantee elected to accept $2,000,000 of that allotment, the remaining $876,380 would no longer be set aside for that grantee and would be reallotted to all grantees eligible for reallotment. It does count for TANF. Indeed, as we noted above, all PEAF-funded benefits must be designed to address needs arising from the pandemic. SNAP has continued to approve flexibilities under this authority. Clients can use their EBT card to access cash benefits (TANF) through automated teller machines (ATMs) and Point . 0
Your completed application will be sent to the DHR office in the county where you live. Assistance for families who are behind in rent or experiencing other housing insecurity due to the pandemic. For a household with an elderly or disabled member, all shelter costs over half of the household's income may be deducted. Option 1: Apply online through My Maine Connection. This benefit clearly meets Purpose One and is pandemic-related. These services also promote job preparation, work and marriage, and the prevention of out-of-wedlock pregnancy. A one-time payment to provide extra cash to weather the pandemic to current Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipient families with children affected by the pandemic. We have created a form that allows each grantee to make this election. The site is secure. On March 11, 2021, the President signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 into law. Electronic Benefits Transfer, or EBT, is a system that makes the issuance of state Family Assistance and federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits faster and easier through the use of electronic transactions. Use the map here to find the DHR office contact in your county, For additional details, please call(334) 242-1310. Here are some other examples of NRST benefits that grantees might want to provide with PEAF funds. You must also be either pregnant or be responsible for a child under 19 years of age and be unemployed or under employed with very low wages. In other words, for this fund, NRST benefits, like all NRSTs under TANF, must: and (as explained in the instructions for reporting on line 15 of the ACF-196R) NRSTs paid for with PEAF funds: Like TANF, any PEAF-funded benefit must meet a purpose of Title IV-A of the Social Security Act. A benefit to secure personal protective equipment. After deducting $2 million for federal administration: A grantee must make a one-time election of the amount of its allotment it wishes to receive. Family Assistance Eligibility Requirements, Resumen De Los Requisitos De Eligibilidad, Alabama Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Voter Registration Information (Informacion de registro de votantes), Earned Income Tax Credit (La Vida es mas facil con el EITC), Declaracin de No Discriminacin Espaol. hbbd``b` Sc `4A@i
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The .gov means its official. This means that we will reallot: (1) funds not initially awarded to a grantee because it chose to receive less than its full allotment; and (2) funds from the initial award that are unexpended (including unliquidated obligations) at the end of the statutory expenditure period, i.e., September 30, 2022. A voucher to cover the cost of utility bills in arrears due to financial issues arising from the pandemic. HOPE helps Maine parents enroll in and complete training and education beyond high school by providing financial support for costs related to training and education. 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