TANF Program Integrity Innovation Grants

 

The Partnership Fund for Program Integrity Innovation at the Office of Management and Budget funds pilot projects for improving the stewardship of federal dollars in assistance programs through the following measures: reducing improper payments; improving administrative efficiency; improving service delivery; and protecting and improving program access for eligible beneficiaries.

Deleted 04/02/2020 (Archived.) 93.076 Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: Administration for Children and Families Cooperative Agreements (Discretionary Grants) Fiscal Year 2014: The grantee has continued to submit quarterly progress reports, showing progress toward the goals of strengthening program integrity and improving administrative efficiency and service delivery for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Fiscal Year 2015: The grantee has continued to submit quarterly progress reports, showing progress toward the goals of strengthening program integrity and improving administrative efficiency and service delivery for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Fiscal Year 2016: No Current Data Available Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010. State (including the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) human services agencies are eligible to receive assistance. State (including the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) human services agencies are eligible to receive assistance to conduct pilot projects to improve the program integrity of their TANF programs, which serve low-income families, and to evaluate those pilot projects. No Credentials or documentation are required. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Grant applications will undergo a panel review using the criteria given in the Funding Opportunity Announcement. Approved grant applications will receive official notice through a grant award, detailing the amount of funds awarded; the purpose, terms and conditions of the award; and the budget period for which support is given. Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines. From 30 to 60 days. Not Applicable. Not Applicable. 1. Project Approach and Work Plan 2. Evaluation 3. Organizational Capacity 4. Budget and 5. Bonus Points for including TANF Program Access activities in addition to TANF Program Integrity activities. According to Public Law 111-117, assistance can be used for pilot projects that “address Federal programs that have a substantial State role in eligibility determination or administration or where Federal-State cooperation could otherwise be beneficial; in aggregate, save at least as much money as they cost; demonstrate the potential to streamline administration or strengthen program integrity; and do not achieve savings primarily by reducing the participation of eligible beneficiaries.”. Periodic reports are required on the progress of the pilot program. Monitoring is conducted by the Federal Project Officer. Cash reports are not applicable. Grantees under this funding opportunity announcement will be required to submit performance progress and financial reports periodically throughout the project period. Grantees under this funding opportunity announcement will be required to submit performance progress and financial reports periodically throughout the project period. Periodic reports are required on the progress of the pilot program. Monitoring is conducted by the Federal Project Officer. In accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements, non-Federal entities that expend financial assistance of $750,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Non-Federal entities that expend less than $750,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in 2 CFR 200.503. Proper accounting records, identifiable by grant and including all receipts and expenditures, must be maintained for 3 years in accordance with 45 CFR 75.361. Subsequent to an audit, they must be maintained until all questions are resolved, or at the end of the regular 3-year period, whichever is later. This program has no statutory formula.
This program has no matching requirements.
This program does not have MOE requirements. The project and budget period is 17 months. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: lump sum. None. Deborah List Office of Family Assistance, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services, 370 L’Enfant Promenade, S.W. , Washington, District of Columbia 20447 Email: Deborah.List@acf.hhs.gov Phone: 202-401-5488 Fax: 202-205-5887 http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa 75-0035-0-1-506. (Cooperative Agreements (Discretionary Grants)) FY 14 $0; FY 15 est $0; and FY 16 est $0 The range is $400,000 to $1,000,000. The grant average is approximately $784,000. Not Applicable. Not Applicable.