and other operating costs. Total spending equaled $187,340,185, or 21.3 percent of “other” non-assistance. Additional Expenditures: Twenty-four States reported expenditures for additional expenditures. This category totaled $77,284,364, representing 8.8 percent of “other” non-assistance. As noted, in a number of cases, expenditures reported as “other” non-assistance could appropriately be reported under other existing reporting categories on the ACF-196 TANF reporting form. Assistance and Non-Assistance “Authorized Solely Under Prior Law”: Twenty-five States reported expenditures in assistance and non-assistance “authorized solely under prior law.” Child Welfare: Twenty States reported expenditures for Child Welfare activities “authorized solely under prior law.” Total spending equaled $279,628,827, or 85.3 percent of assistance or non-assistance “authorized solely under prior law.” Juvenile Justice: States reported expenditures for Juvenile Justice activities “authorized solely under prior law.” Total spending equaled $21,078,860, or 6.4 percent of assistance or non-assistance “authorized solely under prior law.” Other Emergency Assistance: Eight States reported expenditures for Other Emergency Assistance “authorized solely under prior law.” Total spending equaled $26,994,133, or 8.2 percent of assistance or non-assistance “authorized solely under prior law.” Additional Expenditures: Zero States reported expenditures in this subcategory. Recommendations for Engagement and Financial Data Reporting The Claims Resolution Act directed HHS to include in this report such “recommendations for administrative or legislative changes as the Secretary determines would be necessary to require States to report Claims Resolution Act data on a recurring basis.” With respect to work participation data collection, HHS lacks the administrative authority to require the Claims Resolution Act data on an ongoing basis without statutory change, in light of the restrictions posed by Section 417 of the Social Security Act. Accordingly, any change to require such data on a permanent basis would need to be authorized by Congress.
counseling, securing family shelter, legal services, and any other services that meet needs attributable to such situations.” Twenty States reported expenditures for Emergency Assistance. Total spending equaled $41,832,814, or 4.8 percent of “other” non-assistance for April-June 2011. Expenditures ranged from $9,745,774 in Massachusetts to $1,829 in Wisconsin. Massachusetts described its expenditures in this subcategory as related to homelessness prevention, sheltering, and housing services. It described two programs: “Housing Search,” which is “a short-term, supportive service whose goal is to find safe housing for the homeless” and “Housing Stabilization and Flexible Funds,” which “offer rental assistance for up to 1 year.” Both serve the same population. Domestic Violence Services According to instructions for the ACF-196(SUP) form, Domestic Violence Services include “activities such as information and referral services, emergency shelter or transitional supportive housing for those leaving an abusive relationship, case management, counseling, investigations, and other protective services.” Fifteen States reported expenditures for Domestic Violence Services. Total spending equaled $29,796,577, or 3.4 percent of “other” non-assistance for April-June 2011. Expenditures ranged from $7,643,508 in California to $40,097 in North Carolina. California describes its expenditures as “community domestic violence services: counseling; parenting skill training; independent living skill training, case management.”
Mental Health and Addiction Services On the ACF-196(SUP) form, expenditures related to “activities such as assessment, referral services, individual and group counseling, and residential treatment services” are reported under the subcategory of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Fourteen States reported expenditures for Mental Health and Addiction Services. Total spending equaled $51,410,513, or 5.9 percent of “other” non-assistance for April-June 2011. Expenditures ranged from $41,743,468 in California to $6,589 in North Carolina. California described expenditures in this subcategory as “treatment services to Kids (CalWorks) program, [including] medical/mental health exam [and] group counseling.” Education and Youth Programs Under Education and Youth Programs, States were instructed to report “activities such as and community-based programs for youth, school-related social services, and mentoring/tutoring programs.” Eleven States reported expenditures for Education and Youth Programs. Total spending equaled $34,004,208, or 3.9 percent of “other” non-assistance for April-June 2011. Expenditures ranged from $11,557,111 in Georgia to $138,605 in Montana. Georgia listed numerous programs for which it allocated funds in this subcategory, including “Programs for out-of-school youth initiative; GA Alliance of Boys and Girls Club; State Dept of Ed Comm. Base Org; Afterschool Care - Level 2; Afterschool Service [for] TANF [Eligibles].” It did not provide descriptive detail of the activities involved in each program.
salaries and benefits for support staff performing activities in direct support of a program. In addition, line 6.m. includes eligible costs associated with the expenditures of funds from the Fraud Incentive Allocation provided the counties by [California Department of Social Services]. Since the incentive allocation is issued and tracked separately from the CalWORKs allocation and these costs are not necessarily benefits that are designed to meet ongoing basic needs or supportive services provided to families who are not employed, we have reported these costs under the ‘other’ ‘non-assistance’ category.” Since fraud and abuse prevention activities are included within the definition of “administrative costs,” it seems as if the expenditures related to California’s “Fraud Incentive Allocation” should be reported under “Administration” (line 6.j.) on the ACF-196 instead of “Other” (line 6.m.). Colorado, which described the expenditures reported under TANF Program Expenses simply as “Program administration,” changed it description to “Random moment sampling of TANF County level program administration for caseworkers who have direct contact with clients” after we requested additional information. Finally, Nevada clarified its description of “Program management and related expenditures” included “such things as salaries and benefits for TANF Employment Services workers and direct administrative costs associated with providing TANF services such as costs for supplies, utilities, and rental and maintenance of office space.” Additional Expenditures For expenditures that did not fit any of the predetermined subcategories, the ACF-196(SUP) provided additional rows so that States were able to list these additional expenditures. Twenty-four States reported expenditures for additional expenditures. This category totaled $77,284,364 representing 8.8 percent of “other” non-assistance for April-June 2011. The largest activity reported by a State under Additional Expenditures was New York’s case management services, which it describes as, “Activities involved with planning, linking, counseling, and monitoring/evaluating the client and/or family's position in achieving Examples of these activities are assessing current needs and evaluating services to prescribe, referring for services, setting and discussing client goals, discussing and evaluating