%PDF-1.6 % 455 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<8E2CFAEFB75791468CED12F6B483C4D4><70332ACC9AF89D40AF0184A0EF036C29>]/Index[436 29]/Info 435 0 R/Length 90/Prev 161574/Root 437 0 R/Size 465/Type/XRef/W[1 2 1]>>stream The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 (PL 116-159), extended a number of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) flexibilities approved under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. We will issue supplemental information specific to tribes that integrate TANF under Public Law 102-477 into a single plan. The My Maine Connection portal also offers a prescreening tool that can help you find out if you may be eligible. This is especially true if grantees also make use of the unobligated TANF balances that many have accumulated for just such a crisis. management shortterm nonrecurrent benefits as discussed in 45CFR 260.31, day care, transportation and other work and training services. here to find the Food Assistance office nearest you. Before you can complete the application online, you must first register for an account. To be considered financially eligible, families must have a monthly income lower than the maximum benefit for their family size. You may also fax, mail, or bring the signed application to your County DHR office for processing. All rights reserved (About Us). MONTGOMERY, Ala. Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) benefits will start rolling out this week to families with eligible school-age children who missed out on free or reduced-price school meals because of the pandemic. EE&c$Nc4dmCv3Tj_:zB+i`<77s5D&nvE_/U8knj=mV|uMVOEKiQ<2xrgWE/ocvL4k1z'L.\4 _3Ywb\-GO9#a,8^skyE'!47lfZ4nuf0#-^o~/.GJq:vdm*{DFH*Zb=YnlEBn[MwqOfv1Z]Ys\^U;Z-w>E/>o0l6_})Mil1}8;-EX]VVd`A*D+ny 18(L(U"Q NI8@ww uy(>&9 E(J3!H#25l~v}Q s"9UtDT[7}C+&#&4wMD4zS(;S*WhOR; GX)kD\mkEsK~8EAe7T+K5!]u_g)Jp+f C2LXw7w?DP&"M0.HtvTqL6}qax]p||@HO;hf+TYF'VoggOy!J4D`@*i}Tr0T[&wd9bcf"kCs]q$G2b(#,s!;D For more than a year, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a national emergency affecting not only public health, but also the American economy. The Food Assistance Program's purpose is to end hunger and improve nutrition by providing monthly benefits to eligible low income households to help them buy the food they need for good health. J5(T[QJTE MD The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. 114 Corn Shop Lane President Biden's emergency relief plan includes $1 billion to help states deliver much-needed aid to families with the lowest incomes through state Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs which would mark an important step in the federal response to today's extraordinary hardship across America. 2387 0 obj <>stream Additionally, they may use funds for administrative costs (up to a 15-percent cap for states and territories and up to the negotiated cap for tribes). If the grantee elected to accept $2,000,000 of that allotment, the remaining $876,380 would no longer be set aside for that grantee and would be reallotted to all grantees eligible for reallotment. Option 5: Visit one of our district offices and apply in person. A beneficiary receiving less than their households size monthly maximum will now be bumped up to the higher level. Option 4: Fax an application to (207) 778-8429. In most cases under TANF, a NRST benefit addresses a specific episode of need, which means that the state or tribe has determined the specific need of that family; however, the regulation allows for NRSTs to address a specific crisis situation. As is evidenced by Congress creating the PEAF, the extraordinary nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and its sweeping economic impacts constitute a specific crisis situation allowing a grantee to offer a NRST benefit broadly to needy families who are financially and otherwise eligible. There is no application for P-EBT; ALSDE has provided DHR with the names of children who participate in the National School Lunch Program, which makes them eligible for P-EBT. Those dates are April 25, 2021, for states and June 9, 2021 for tribes and territories. Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, Flexibility for States With Increasing Workloads, USDA moderniza el PlanEconmico de AlimentosThrifty actualizaciones a los beneficios del SNAP, USDA Modernizes the Thrifty Food Plan, Updates SNAP Benefits. Additionally, they. There are several ways to apply for food assistance. This means that a grantee could offer the same or different NRSTs from the ones it offers under TANF, as long as they meet the requirements of the PEAF, including adhering to the requirement not to supplant current federal, state, tribal, territorial, or local expenditures. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. Alabama DHR Commissioner Nancy Buckner said, Alabama has successfully tackled childhood hunger throughout this pandemic thanks to the P-EBT program and an effective multi-agency partnership. It enables low-income families to buy nutritious food through Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards. 102-477). Recipients should hold onto these cards because additional P-EBT benefits may be added in the future. In addition, we will use the information grantees report on these forms to determine the amount of funds remaining for reallotment. We will distribute reallotted funds based on the original allotment formula. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. The Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) oversees the distribution of P-EBT with assistance from the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE). Apply for Alabama Family Assistance For more information on this program, please visit the Family Assistance page. This benefit clearly meets Purpose One and is pandemic-related. Use the map here to find the DHR office contact in your county, For additional details, please call(334) 242-1310. For a household with an elderly or disabled member, all shelter costs over half of the household's income may be deducted. A payment for hotel rooms and meal delivery for people who need to quarantine away from their families. Will the extra $300/week in unemployment benefits stop when the Maine State of Emergency ends on June 30 th? Assistance for families who are behind in rent or experiencing other housing insecurity due to the pandemic. As of December 2019, some 711,384 Alabamians received food stamp benefits. Farmington, ME 04938, Option 3: E-mail an application to Farmington.DHHS@Maine.gov. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (USDA-FNS) administers the program at the federal level. The site is secure. Under the law, a grantee must expend reallotted funds within 12 months of receipt of the reallotted funds. 11 State House Station IO XKR2.yJUQ5JH?rF2hK%]T$G%\GGMvi_cM#%?:Pd7TzFW Indeed, as we noted above, all PEAF-funded benefits must be designed to address needs arising from the pandemic. Buy newspaper front pages, posters and more. Alabama Benefits - SNAP, SSI, TANF, Healthcare, Housing & More Regardless of when it receives its PEAF funds, a grantee may use the funds for allowable expenditures on or after April 1, 2021. Call 1-855-797-4357(Monday Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm). The recipients of PEAF-funded NRSTs must be needy families with children but they do not necessarily have to be eligible for TANF cash assistance. Here are some other examples of NRST benefits that grantees might want to provide with PEAF funds. 114 Corn Shop Lane. Family Assistance Eligibility Requirements, Resumen De Los Requisitos De Eligibilidad, Alabama Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Voter Registration Information (Informacion de registro de votantes), Earned Income Tax Credit (La Vida es mas facil con el EITC), Declaracin de No Discriminacin Espaol. The cards may take several weeks to arrive due to the volume of eligible children and shipping time frames. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 ( PL 116-159 ), extended a number of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) flexibilities approved under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Families already receiving the monthly maximum benefit will not receive the supplement. Benefits are good for up to a year, so SNAP recipients do not have to use the additional benefits immediately, Hornsby said. $40012:g`$@g ` 0 Grantees may use funds for administrative costs, within limitations. [1] The eligible territories are: the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. We are revising financial reporting forms, the ACF-196R, ACF-196T, and ACF-196TR, to include a column for reporting PEAF expenditures so that grantees will not have to submit a separate form to report for this fund. A voucher to cover the cost of utility bills in arrears due to financial issues arising from the pandemic. If a grantee does choose to offer a benefit without determining an individual episode of need, it would need to be clear that the NRST expenditure was related to the pandemic. Some food stamp recipients in Alabama received extra funds this week amid the growing coronavirus crisis. Please enter your username to reset your password. This means that we will reallot: (1) funds not initially awarded to a grantee because it chose to receive less than its full allotment; and (2) funds from the initial award that are unexpended (including unliquidated obligations) at the end of the statutory expenditure period, i.e., September 30, 2022. Under Alabamas Work First approach, most adult recipients of cash assistance are required to participate in TANF employment program (JOBS) for up to 40 hours a week, unless otherwise exempt. A benefit to secure personal protective equipment. A grantee will not need to amend its TANF plan to provide NRSTs with the PEAF. If after September 30, 2022, a grantee has unspent funds from its initial award i.e., any unobligated funds or any unliquidated obligations the grantee will not be eligible to receive reallotted funds. To apply for food assistance benefits online, you can apply via MyDHR or MyAlabama. A one-time payment to provide extra cash to all current TANF recipient families to assist them in dealing with added costs caused by the pandemic. Cash assistance for short-term basic needs to help families with mixed immigration status (e.g., citizen children with parents who are not eligible due to their immigration status) who are affected by the pandemic. If a grantee does not submit a request for an allotment or submits one after the due date, the grantee will lose any claim to the allotment. TANF Caseload Data 2021. The law requires HHS to reallot unused funds among eligible grantees, discussed below. We encourage grantees to use this opportunity to assist needy families affected by the pandemic in meeting their basic needs. Option 4: Fax an application to (207) 778-8429. Food stamp recipients in Alabama will receive extra benefits due to the coronavirus pandemic. Those benefits covered meals missed during the 2019-20 school year due to school closures. Your completed application will be sent to the DHR office in the county where you live. An official website of the United States government. While each grantee must decide whether or not it intends to use its full allotment, it is important to understand that, Use of Funds Non-Recurrent, Short Term Benefits, For the purposes of the Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund, NRST benefits. Maximum benefits range from $194 for a single-person household to $1,164 for a household of eight people. The law exempts PEAF funds from the spending cap in section 1108 of the Social Security Act. An Office of the Administration for Children & Families, TANF-ACF-PI-2021-02 (The Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund), The PEAF provides funding to states (which includes the District of Columbia), tribes administering a TANF program, and five U.S. territories, Grantees may use funds to provide certain non-recurrent, short term (NRST) benefits, described in more detail below. The ASPIRE program helps TANF recipients move towards financial independence through case management, job training, education, support and employment services. . Electronic Benefits Transfer, or EBT, is a system that makes the issuance of state Family Assistance and federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits faster and easier through the use of electronic transactions. Clients can use their EBT card to access cash benefits (TANF) through automated teller machines (ATMs) and Point . Grantees must use funds to supplement, and not supplant, other federal, state, tribal, territorial, or local funds. Here are some other examples of NRST benefits that grantees might want to provide with PEAF funds. (334) 242-1 950 TANF provides families with financial assistance and support services. If a grantee wishes to use PEAF funds for a benefit that meets a different purpose, it must be able to demonstrate how the benefit is designed to address pandemic-related needs. Those with internet access may apply online at OneAlabama the online application portal for Alabamas public assistance, including Family Assistance. Office for Family Independence. The amount of the shelter deduction is capped at (or limited to) $624 unless one person in the household is elderly or disabled. 436 0 obj <> endobj lTg-f(*Tth4kr Option 5: Visit one of our district offices and apply in person. endstream endobj startxref If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. An Office of the Administration for Children & Families, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Native Americans (ANA), Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF), Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response (OHSEPR), Office of Legislative Affairs and Budget (OLAB), Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation (OPRE), Public Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS), About Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, About Health Profession Opportunity Grants. Failure to comply with the work requirements, without a good cause, will have their benefits reduced or revoked. Transitional Transportation (TT) can help working families pay for transportation related expenses for a period of time. EEF1GYo IQm-tX Department of A grantee has from April 1, 2021, to September 30, 2022, the end of fiscal year 2022, to expend its initial award. For example, suppose a grantee wants to offer diversion payments to families affected by the pandemic, but it already offers diversion assistance under TANF. DHR has created a toll-free customer service hotline at 1-800-410-5827 for questions related to P-EBT. be designed to deal with a specific crisis situation or episode of need; not be intended to meet on-going needs; and, must only include expenditures such as emergency assistance and diversion payments, emergency housing and short-term homelessness assistance, emergency food aid, short-term utilities payments, burial assistance, clothing allowances, and back-to-school payments; and, In most cases under TANF, a NRST benefit addresses a specific episode of need, which means that the state or tribe has determined the specific need of that family; however, the regulation allows for NRSTs to address a specific crisis situation. As is evidenced by Congress creating the PEAF, the extraordinary nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and its sweeping economic impacts constitute a specific crisis situation allowing a grantee to offer a NRST benefit broadly to needy families who are financially and otherwise eligible. For states (including the District of Columbia) and territories, the law provides a 15-percent cap on administrative expenditures. It could use the PEAF funds for diversion, as long as it adds to its program and does not replace existing funding with the PEAF dollars. All grantees must use funds to supplement, and not supplant, other federal, state, tribal, territorial, or local funds. Nationwide Waiver to Allow Sponsors that Successfully Participated in the Summer Food Service Program in FY 2019 to Operate as Experienced Sponsors in FY 2021 Offered to All States 4/1/2021 Nationwide Waiver to Provide Flexibility for School Meal Programs Administrative Reviews of SFAs Operating Only the SSO in SY 2021-22 For example, if a grantee received its funds on May 15, 2021, it could use the PEAF funds to reimburse itself for allowable expenditures it made starting on April 1, 2021. View guidance as of January 2022. Alabama food stamp recipients can now buy food online through Amazon. %%EOF Voucher payments, equal to up to three months of TANF benefits, are made available to families to help them with employment related expenses and avoid the need for TANF benefits. %PDF-1.6 % We anticipate having only one reallotment of those two sources of funds, but we will make a decision on whether to have more than one after we see how much of the allotment grantees request initially. You must also be either pregnant or be responsible for a child under 19 years of age and be unemployed or under employed with very low wages. 2.TANF Emergency Assistance (Formerly AFDC-EA as provided by 45 CFR 233.120 with provision date of August 21, 1996): Assistance and services to or on Food stamp benefits are determined by the number of people and income in a household. Emergency Assistance provides voucher payments for children and their families whom are threatened by destitution or homelessness due to an emergency situation. For example, a grantee might consider crafting a NRST to provide extra cash for all current TANF recipient families who are affected by the pandemic. The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely. The PEAF represents a singular opportunity to help some of our nations neediest families struggling with the effects of the pandemic. The funds would go to extremely low-income families whose TANF benefits aren't adequate to meet basic needs in normal times and who face extra needs due to the pandemic. Your completed application will be sent to the DHR office in the county where you live. This batch of benefits covers school meals missed from August through December 2020. TANF provides cash assistance to families while they work towards becoming self-sufficient. In Alabama, that amount is $215 a month for a family of three. Not affiliated with or endorsed by any government agency. These services also promote job preparation, work and marriage, and the prevention of out-of-wedlock pregnancy. For tribes, the same cap will apply to administrative costs in the PEAF that a tribe negotiated for administrative costs in its approved tribal TANF plan (or approved 477 plan for federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia that integrate TANF under P.L. Transitional Child Care (TCC) can help former TANF recipients pay for work related child care. This program provides services and work supports to parents receiving cash assistance to help them find and retain employment. To apply for food assistance benefits online, you can apply via MyDHR or MyAlabama. For example, a grantee might consider crafting a NRST to provide extra cash for all current TANF recipient families. SNAP has continued to approve flexibilities under this authority. The American Rescue Plan Act, Public Law 117-2; section 403(c) of the Social Security Act. 0 Pandemic EBT Distribution Starts This Week for Families with Eligible School-Age Children, Pandemic Help Available to Foster Youths Transitioning into Adulthood, Application Period Starts Next Week for 6th Round of Child Care Bonuses, Declaracin de No Discriminacin Espaol. All grantees are eligible for reallotted funds, unless they have unexpended funds at the end of the expenditure period. Given that the fund was created specifically to help address needs arising out of the pandemic, we have determined that NRST benefits that meet Purpose One (provide assistance to needy families so that children may be cared for in their own homes or in the homes of relatives) are in line with the PEAF and we do not think benefits meeting the other purposes are. TTY: Maine relay 711, Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Higher Opportunity for Pathways to Employment (HOPE), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training, Americans With Disabilities Act/Civil Rights Compliance, Families with dependent children living in their home. We hope that making this determination now will enable grantees to act expeditiously in distributing PEAF benefits and be responsive to the current crisis. A one-time payment to provide extra cash to weather the pandemic to current Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipient families with children affected by the pandemic. Farmington, ME 04938. Publication Date: December 20, 2021 | Current as of: April 5, 2022 2021 - Data as of 03/10/2022 . Please direct inquiries to the TANF Program Manager in your region. The Food Assistance Division administers the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Alabama. A monthly benefit through TANF that helps parents working through a two- or four-year degree-granting education program. State, tribal, and territorial agencies administering the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program, and other eligible territories. Option 3: E-mail an application to Farmington.DHHS@Maine.gov. If you have already applied or are receiving food assistance, you can sign up for an account on MyDHR or MyAlabama to access your case information, complete your recertification for benefits, and manage your benefits including reporting changes and completing your six-month report. Assistance for families who are behind in rent or experiencing other housing insecurity due to the pandemic. Indeed, as we noted above, all PEAF-funded benefits must be designed to address needs arising from the pandemic. EBT cards containing the benefits will be mailed to families with children in pre-K and K-12 who lost access to meals from the National School Lunch Program during the 2020-21 school year because their schools closed or switched to virtual and hybrid learning models in response to the pandemic. This benefit clearly meets Purpose One and is pandemic-related. h[{sW28i,7ZI{C For the purposes of the Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund, NRST benefits mean cash payments or other benefits that meet the regulatory definition (45 CFR 260.31(b)(1)), but are limited to those that fall into the specific expenditure reporting category mentioned in the legislation (line 15 of the ACF-196R(PDF), the state financial reporting form for the TANF program). Any such unallotted funds will be reallotted, as discussed below. Maximum benefits range from $194 for a single-person household to $1,164 for a . On March 11, 2021, the President signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 into law. We have published tables showing the full allotment of each grantee and will include them as an appendix to this program instruction as well. To provide initial guidance regarding the newly established Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the primary cash assistance program for families with children when they face a crisis or have very low incomes, can play a key role in ensuring that these families have incomes to meet their basic needs. We remind grantees that the Income Eligibility Verification System (IEVS) does apply to the PEAF, as it is funded under Title IV-A; however tribes are not subject to the IEVS requirements. A grantee will not need to amend its TANF plan to provide NRSTs with the PEAF. qb}'M tYp1$(PR/V40qD.bWs_G _ 98"8MCHO4#(9y\xAc@NNrEU\@Lnh4|4_OVDs1;rnM[I3]ry.d&DA(* >@@@,.jxKJq1!~q2Q. Some food stamp recipients in Alabama received extra funds this week amid the growing coronavirus crisis. Before you can complete the application online, you must first register for an account. Click (334) 242-1 950 Apply for Alabama Family Assistance U.S. Department of Health and Human Services YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). After deducting $2 million for federal administration: A grantee must make a one-time election of the amount of its allotment it wishes to receive. How much does welfare pay in Alabama largely depends upon your familys income and size. E*bb44.=Xz Families will receive separate EBT cards for each eligible child in their households. View guidance as of January 2022. A benefit to cover burial expenses for needy families who have had a family member die from COVID-19. Listen. The Family Assistance Division administers programs funded by the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant designed to provide benefits and services to needy families so children may be cared for in their own homes or in the homes of relatives. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure youre on a federal government site. We have published tables showing the full allotment of each grantee and will include them as an appendix to this program instruction as well. hb```f````a`bd@ A+sd11HO```yY)x!4,(qc-Ps13G8"$P c3h4 #D@adg `Py 2. Option 1: Apply online through My Maine Connection. Option 1: Apply online through My Maine Connection. Health and Human Services The .gov means its official. It does count for TANF. To be considered financially eligible, families must have a monthly income lower than the maximum benefit for their family size. The law specifies an allotment formula. We hope that making this determination now will enable grantees to act expeditiously in distributing PEAF benefits and be responsive to the current crisis. This program is designed to raise the nutritional level of low income households. HOPE helps Maine parents enroll in and complete training and education beyond high school by providing financial support for costs related to training and education. A grantee has the flexibility to determine what needy means for each NRST and may wish to set a higher standard than it does for TANF cash assistance, such as aligning with SNAP or Medicaid income eligibility criteria. Low TANF cash benefits, which disproportionately affect the benefits available to Black children, are rooted in a long history of racist ideas and policies. Programs & Services Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). We have created a form that allows each grantee to make this election. Start your application for Food Assistance. The limit is higher in Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam. 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