ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: WORK PARTICIPATION RATE CALCULATION CHANGES: RECALIBRATION OF THE CASELOAD REDUCTION CREDIT AND PROHIBITION OF SMALL CHECKS IN WORK PARTICIPATION RATE CALCULATION

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Administration for Children and Families has issued a proposed rule called: Work Participation Rate Calculation Changes: Recalibration of the Caseload Reduction Credit and Prohibition of Small Checks in Work Participation Rate Calculation.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on April 6 by Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.

Summary: ACF proposes to make changes to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program regulations to reset the base year of the caseload reduction credit from fiscal year (FY) 2005 to the new year established by Congress, which is currently FY 2015, and to exclude from the TANF work participation rate calculations certain cases ...