The Welfare Peer TA Network provides this Interactive Question and Answer (Q&A) forum to facilitate the process of information sharing within and among States. This forum enables you to submit questions to, and solicit answers from, your peers regarding TANF and other welfare-related issues. We also strongly encourage you to respond to questions posted by your peers. When possible, the Welfare Peer TA Network will research and post answers to questions submitted.

Prior to posting a question, you should search this Web site for the resources that pertain to you. Please scroll down to view all Q and A's already posted by selecting a welfare policy topic before submitting a new question.

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Community-Based Services
...provides interactive questions and answers on how community based organizations - such as employers, non-profits and faith-based organizations - can become involved in welfare reform.

Employment
...provides interactive questions and answers related to employment strategies such as job creation, attainment, training, retention, advancement and wage progression.

Family Formation and Stabilization
...provides interactive questions and answers on the role of family formation and stabilization in moving families from welfare to self-sufficiency.

Hard to Serve/Multi-Barriers
...provides interactive questions and answers related to those who are hard to employ and/or those experiencing barriers to self-sufficiency.

High Poverty Areas
...provides interactive questions and answers regarding welfare reform strategies and programs targeted towards those in rural, tribal and urban locales.

Low-Income Populations
...provides interactive questions and answers on low-income populations who are financially eligible for, but do not currently receive, TANF. Examples include those who have left TANF due to employment or sanctions.

Program Administration
...provides interactive questions and answers related to program administration such as program regulations and funding.

Program Evaluations and Research
...provides interactive questions and answers on evaluations and research conducted on State TANF-related programs and services.

Service Integration
...provides interactive questions and answers related to service integration issues such as culture change, agency coordination and One-Stop Centers.

Support Services
...provides interactive questions and answers on TANF support services such as child care, financial incentives, education, transportation and health.