Part 261 — Ensuring That Recipients Work
Subpart A — What Are the Provisions Addressing Individual Responsibility?
- § 261.10— What work requirements must an individual meet?
- § 261.11— Which recipients must have an assessment under TANF?
- § 261.12— What is an individual responsibility plan?
- § 261.13— May an individual be penalized for not following an individual responsibility plan?
- § 261.14— What is the penalty if an individual refuses to engage in work?
- § 261.15— Can a family be penalized if a parent refuses to work because he or she cannot find child care?
- § 261.16— Does the imposition of a penalty affect an individual's work requirement?
Subpart B — What Are the Provisions Addressing State Accountability?
- § 261.20— How will we hold a State accountable for achieving the work objectives of TANF?
- § 261.21— What overall work rate must a State meet?
- § 261.22— How will we determine a State's overall work rate?
- § 261.23— What two-parent work rate must a State meet?
- § 261.24— How will we determine a State's two-parent work rate?
- § 261.25— Do we count Tribal families in calculating the work participation rate?
Subpart C — What Are the Work Activities and How Do They Count?
- § 261.30— What are the work activities?
- § 261.31— How many hours must a work-eligible individual participate for the family to count in the numerator of the overall rate?
- § 261.32— How many hours must work-eligible individuals participate for the family to count in the numerator of the two-parent rate?
- § 261.33— What are the special requirements concerning educational activities in determining monthly participation rates?
- § 261.34— Are there any limitations in counting job search and job readiness assistance toward the participation rates?
- § 261.35— Are there any special work provisions for single custodial parents?
- § 261.36— Do welfare reform waivers affect the calculation of a State's participation rates?
Subpart D — How Will We Determine Caseload Reduction Credit for Minimum Participation Rates?
- § 261.40— Is there a way for a State to reduce the work participation rates?
- § 261.41— How will we determine the caseload reduction credit?
- § 261.42— Which reductions count in determining the caseload reduction credit?
- § 261.43— What is the definition of a “case receiving assistance” in calculating the caseload reduction credit?
- § 261.44— When must a State report the required data on the caseload reduction credit?
Subpart E — What Penalties Apply to States Related to Work Requirements?
- § 261.50— What happens if a State fails to meet the participation rates?
- § 261.51— Under what circumstances will we reduce the amount of the penalty below the maximum?
- § 261.52— Is there a way to waive the State's penalty for failing to achieve either of the participation rates?
- § 261.53— May a State correct the problem before incurring a penalty?
- § 261.54— Is a State subject to any other penalty relating to its work program?
- § 261.55— Under what circumstances will we reduce the amount of the penalty for not properly imposing penalties on individuals?
- § 261.56— What happens if a parent cannot obtain needed child care?
- § 261.57— What happens if a State sanctions a single parent of a child under six who cannot get needed child care?
Subpart F — How Do We Ensure the Accuracy of Work Participation Information?
- § 261.60— What hours of participation may a State report for a work-eligible individual?
- § 261.61— How must a State document a work-eligible individual's hours of participation?
- § 261.62— What must a State do to verify the accuracy of its work participation information?
- § 261.63— When is a State's Work Verification Plan due?
- § 261.64— How will we determine whether a State's work verification procedures ensure an accurate work participation measurement?
- § 261.65— Under what circumstances will we impose a work verification penalty?