Private-sector access to state information and enforcement tools should be opposed, and any newly created fatherhood programs should be coordinated with related state and federal programs. Medical support recommendations should be reconsidered and federal guidance should be provided to tribal child support programs. The association also supports continuation of fund transfers for child care and a restructuring of law as it relates to Native American tribes. A new performance measure should be added aimed at reducing adolescent birth rates. Finally, TANF work rates should be updated and revised.
Child care is critical to the continued success of welfare reform.
Funding for child care should be maintained and increased, SSBG funding should be restored, and states should continue to have the ability to transfer TANF funds into child care. States should continue to be able to use TANF funds directly on child care. The federal government should engage in efforts to define, monitor, and encourage quality child care. States should be able to set copayments for prescription drugs. American Public Human Services Association.