Also, tribes are not eligible for funds to evaluate performance efforts, or bonus incentives for reducing caseloads or unwed births and teen pregnancies. In order to provide effective and efficient services to tribal TANF and WtW recipients, states and tribes must increase their communication and cooperation efforts. The law allows tribes to co-mingle funds from three federal agencies across programs under a single plan, budget and reporting system. Indians and Native Americans face many of the same barriers as other TANF recipients including, lack of child care, insufficient transportation, and little education or job experience. Yet these barriers may be magnified on reservations due to higher poverty and unemployment rates.
Many tribes also face problems in limited economic development and job creation.
The paper answers some of the early questions regarding how services will change for northwest tribes. This paper describes the first year data, of a five-year study, which examines the impact of welfare reform on families with children and the social service delivery system on reservations in Arizona. It includes a historical perspective on the administration of tribal social services. Implications of 'Welfare Reform' for American Indian Families and Communities , Layne Stromwall, Stephanie Brzuzy, Polly Sharp, and Celina Anderson, Journal of Poverty, Volume 2, Issue 4, 1998. This paper discusses the major provisions of TANF regulations and the way in which implementation in Arizona has initially affected American Indian families, contrasting populations living off and on reservation.